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Frankie Leonard Raye and Dorothy Louise Colpitts married on 28 April 1945 at Truro, Colchester County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 130859

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  130859

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Colchester in City or Town Truro

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Raye, Frankie Leonard

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

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

5. Religious denomination Baptist   6. Racial origin Irish

7. Residence Stewiacke, Nova Scotia

8. Place of birth Deans Settlement, Halifax Co

9. Name of father Roy Franklin Ray

10. Place of birth of father Campebello, New Brunswick

11. Maiden name of mother Marjorie Newton

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Colpitts, Dorothy Louise

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Housework   Kind of industry or business Domestic

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 20

17. Religious denomination Baptist   18. Racial origin Irish

19. Residence Stewiacke, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth Penobsquis, New Brunswick

21. Name of father Todd Colpitts

22. Place of birth of father Penobsquis, New Brunswick

23. Maiden name of mother Mabel Lois Smith

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 28 day of April 1945

26. Place of marriage 5 Faulkner St. Truro, Colchester County

27. By license or banns 76662

28. Signature of

Groom Frankie Leonard Raye

Bride   Dorothy Louise Colpitts

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mrs. G.A. Margaret L. Bochner?

Address  Truro NS

Name Fred George OHandley

Address  Stewiacke

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

Officiating Clergyman Ross Chipman Eaton

Address 5 Faulkner St. Truro NS

Religious denomination United Baptist

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