Registration: Year: 1945 number: 130436
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
REGISTERED No. 130436
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Colchester in City or Town Truro
BRIDEGROOM
1. PRINT name in full Read, Wesley
2. Trade, profession of kind of work Soldier Kind of industry or business Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 4. Age 34
5. Religious denomination Anglican 6. Racial origin Irish
7. Residence 715 Albert Ave, Victoria, British Columbia
8. Place of birth Outlook, Saskatchewan
9. Name of father Harry Y Read
10. Place of birth of father Ottawa, Ontario
11. Maiden name of mother Ellis Gertrude Taylor
12. Can bridegroom read? Yes Write? Yes
BRIDE
13. PRINT name in full Sutherland, Florence Marion
14. Trade, profession of kind of work School Teacher Kind of industry or business Educational
15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 16. Age 24
17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada 18. Racial origin Scottish
19. Residence MacQuarrie Ave, Westville, Nova Scotia
20. Place of birth Westville, Nova Scotia
21. Name of father William Sutherland
22. Place of birth of father Unknown
23. Maiden name of mother Mary Ann Muir
24. Can bride read? Yes Write? Yes
25. When married 23 day of February 1945
26. Place of marriage The Manse, 147 Queen St Truro, Colchester County
27. By license or banns 75807
28. Signature of
Groom Wesley Read
Bride Florence Marion Sutherland
29. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Daphne R Mills
Address 147 Queen St. Truro, Nova Scotia
Name Alena A Matthews
Address 147 Queen St. Truro, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman Walter McN. Matthews
Address 147 Queen St. Truro, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination United Church of Canada
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