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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  131168

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax in City or Town Halifax

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Kelsey, Ernest Richard

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

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 30

5. Religious denomination Baptist   6. Racial origin African

7. Residence Middle Sackville

8. Place of birth Lucasville, Halifax County

9. Name of father Osborne Kelsey

10. Place of birth of father Middle Sackville

11. Maiden name of mother Janet Parsons

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Upshaw, Portia Matilda

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Divorced   16. Age 27

17. Religious denomination Baptist   18. Racial origin African

19. Residence Middle Sackville, Halifax County

20. Place of birth Windsor Plains, Hants County

21. Name of father Stewart Upshaw

22. Place of birth of father Windsor Plains

23. Maiden name of mother Matilda Hamilton

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes

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25. When married 27 day of March 1945

26. Place of marriage 49 Cornwallis Street Halifax, Halifax County

27. By license or banns 76517

28. Signature of

Groom Ernest Richard Kelsey

Bride   Portia Matilda Upshaw

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Percy Haynes

Address  Halifax

Name Mrs. Pearlern A Oliver

Address  49 Cornwallis Street, Halifax

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

Officiating Clergyman W P Oliver

Address 49 Cornwallis Street, Halifax

Religious denomination Baptist

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