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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