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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  131275

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland in City or Town Amherst

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Colson, John James

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

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 25

5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   6. Racial origin

7. Residence 59 School St., Caledonia Mines, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

8. Place of birth Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

9. Name of father Michael Colson

10. Place of birth of father Czernowitz, Romania

11. Maiden name of mother Mary Bazavar

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full McDonald, Edith Carolyn

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   Kind of industry or business Air Craft

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 26

17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   18. Racial origin 1

19. Residence 16 Croft St., Amherst, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth Amherst, Nova Scotia

21. Name of father Wilfred L. McDonald

22. Place of birth of father Amherst, Nova Scotia

23. Maiden name of mother Fern Estebrooks

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes

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25. When married 15 day of May 1945

26. Place of marriage  Amherst, Cumberland County

27. By license or banns Banns

28. Signature of

Groom John James Colson

Bride   Edith Carolyn McDonald

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Charles Michael Colson

Address  Glace Bay, Cape Breton

Name Geraldine Mac Donald

Address  Amherst, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman

Address W.H. Smith

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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