Registration: Year: 1945 number: 131127
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
REGISTERED No. 131127
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Lunenburg in City or Town Lunenburg
BRIDEGROOM
1. PRINT name in full Smith, John McSwain
2. Trade, profession of kind of work Sub-Lieutenant Kind of industry or business RCNVR
3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 4. Age 23
5. Religious denomination Presbyterian 6. Racial origin Scottish
7. Residence 12 Castle Frank Crescent, Toronto, Ont
8. Place of birth Burnbank, Scotland
9. Name of father James Young Smith
10. Place of birth of father Scotland
11. Maiden name of mother Isabella McSwan
12. Can bridegroom read? Yes Write? Yes
BRIDE
13. PRINT name in full Corkum, Kathryn Elizabeth
14. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer Kind of industry or business Civil service
15. Spinster Widow or Divorced spinster 16. Age 20
17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada 18. Racial origin German
19. Residence Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
20. Place of birth Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
21. Name of father William Alfred Corkum
22. Place of birth of father Corkum's Island, Lunenburg, Co.
23. Maiden name of mother Kate Louise Hirtle
24. Can bride read? Yes Write? Yes
25. When married 7 day of April 1945
26. Place of marriage Central United Church of Canada Lunenburg, Lunenburg County
27. By license or banns 76558
28. Signature of
Groom John McSwain Smith
Bride Kathryn Elizabeth Corkum
29. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Vivian Moore
Address Apt 1, Kent Manor, Halifax
Name O.L. Mulholland
Address Mitchell, Ont.
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman Henry S.B. Strothard
Address Lunenburg
Religious denomination United Church of Canada
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