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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  130850

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland in City or Town Amherst

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Burns, Harold Edward

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Laborer   Kind of industry or business

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 18

5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   6. Racial origin English

7. Residence 71 Le Planche St Amherst Nova Scotia

8. Place of birth Westmoreland Co New Brunswick

9. Name of father George Edward Burns

10. Place of birth of father Westmoreland Co NB

11. Maiden name of mother Bertha E Grant

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Read, Eleanor Louise

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   Kind of industry or business Metropolitan Store

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 21

17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence Upper Nappan Cum Co NS

20. Place of birth Cumberland Co NS

21. Name of father Charles T Read

22. Place of birth of father Cumberland Co Ns

23. Maiden name of mother Emily E Crowe

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes

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25. When married 20 day of March 1945

26. Place of marriage 71 La Planche St Amherst, Cumberland County

27. By license or banns 76095

28. Signature of

Groom Harold Edward Burns

Bride   Eleanor Louise Read

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Frances Weatherbee

Address  3 Crescent Ave Amherst NS

Name Pts Colburne WA

Address  38 Station St Amherst NS

I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Officiating Clergyman Rev F E Barrett DD

Address 62 Pleasant St Amherst NS

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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Divorce attached:

According to a certified copy of the Decree Absolute for Divorce dated 1970-2-20 and filed in the Office of the Registrar General under Divorce number 70-001188, it is ordered that the marriage of Harold Edward Burns and Eleanor Louise Read (Registered under marriage number 1945-130850) be null and void.

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