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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  131214

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Inverness in City or Town Port Hawkesbury

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Berry, Leon Douglas

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Able Seaman   Kind of industry or business R.C. Navy (R.C.N.V.R.)

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 24

5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   6. Racial origin Irish

7. Residence 28 St. Paul St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

8. Place of birth Greenoaks (Old Barns) Colchester Co., Nova Scotia

9. Name of father James Albert Berry

10. Place of birth of father Amherst, Nova Scotia

11. Maiden name of mother Ada Jean Clark

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Embree, Kathleen Agneta

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 18

17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   18. Racial origin French-Irish

19. Residence Sydney Road, Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia

21. Name of father Freeman Charles Embree

22. Place of birth of father Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia

23. Maiden name of mother Evangeline Perry

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes

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25. When married 20 day of April 1945

26. Place of marriage United Church Manse Port Hawkesbury, Inverness County

27. By license or banns 75311

28. Signature of

Groom Leon Douglas Berry

Bride   Kathleen Agneta Embree

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Marie Burke

Address  Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia

Name Michael Burke

Address  Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman S. V. Burton Crowe

Address Box 221, Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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Divorce attached:

According to a certified copy of the Decree Absolute for Divorce dated 1955-3-16 and filed in the Office of the Registrar General under Divorce number 763, it is ordered that the marriage of Leon Douglas Berry and Kathleen Agneta Embree (Registered under marriage number 1945-131214) be null and void.

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