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Bruce Irving Baxter and Margaret Jennie Porter married on 1 May 1945 at Hillgrove, Digby County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 131128

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  131128

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Digby in City or Town Hillgrove

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Baxter, Bruce Irving

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

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 32

5. Religious denomination Baptist   6. Racial origin English

7. Residence 57 Connaught Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia

8. Place of birth Digby, Nova Scotia

9. Name of father Harry Baxter

10. Place of birth of father Digby, Nova Scotia

11. Maiden name of mother Margaret McCullough

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Porter, Margaret Jennie

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   Kind of industry or business Civil service

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 30

17. Religious denomination Baptist   18. Racial origin Scotch

19. Residence Hill Grove, Digby County, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth Digby County, Nova Scotia

21. Name of father Perry Porter

22. Place of birth of father South Range, Digby County

23. Maiden name of mother Beatrice Andrews

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 1 day of May 1945

26. Place of marriage Hill Grove United Baptist Church Hillgrove, Digby County

27. By license or banns 75999

28. Signature of

Groom Bruce Irving Baxter

Bride   Margaret Jennie Porter

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name George W.

Address  83a Fairbank Street

Name Grace

Address  83A Fairbank Street

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

Officiating Clergyman J. Earle DeLong

Address Digby, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Baptist

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