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Wesley Read and Florence Marion Sutherland married on 23 February 1945 at Truro, Colchester County

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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