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Nelson Leander Buckley and Margaret Elizabeth Swinehamer married on 5 May 1945 at Kentville, Kings County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 13189

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  13189

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Kings in City or Town Kentville

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Buckley, Nelson Leander

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

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 19

5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   6. Racial origin Irish

7. Residence Aldershot, N.S.

8. Place of birth Berwick, N.S.

9. Name of father Leo Buckley

10. Place of birth of father Antigonish, N.S.

11. Maiden name of mother Gladys Pelton

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Swinehamer, Margaret Elizabeth

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 16

17. Religious denomination Anglican   18. Racial origin Dutch

19. Residence Aldershot, N.S.

20. Place of birth Aldershot, N.S.

21. Name of father James Swinehamer

22. Place of birth of father Lunenburg Co., N.S.

23. Maiden name of mother Beatrice Power

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 5 day of May 1945

26. Place of marriage 483 Main St. Kentville, Kings County

27. By license or banns 76931 (131089)

28. Signature of

Groom Nelson Leander Buckley

Bride   Margaret Elizabeth Swinehamer

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Russell W. Boylan

Address  Kentville, N.S.

Name Jessie Swinehamer

Address  Kentville, N.S.

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

Officiating Clergyman George Innes

Address Aldershot, N.S.

Religious denomination Lutheran

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