Registration: Year: 1945 number: 131369
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
REGISTERED No. 131369
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cape Breton in City or Town Florence
BRIDEGROOM
1. PRINT name in full Kempt, Earl Matthew
2. Trade, profession of kind of work Soldier Kind of industry or business Canadian Army
3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 4. Age 21
5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada 6. Racial origin Scotch
7. Residence Florence
8. Place of birth Cape Breton
9. Name of father Malcolm Kempt
10. Place of birth of father Prince Edward Island
11. Maiden name of mother Annie Walsh
12. Can bridegroom read? Yes Write? Yes
BRIDE
13. PRINT name in full Morton, Barbara
14. Trade, profession of kind of work Typist Kind of industry or business Canadian Army
15. Spinster Widow or Divorced spinster 16. Age 19
17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada 18. Racial origin Scootch
19. Residence Kenora, Ontario
20. Place of birth R????? River District, Ontario
21. Name of father Robert Patterson Morton
22. Place of birth of father Scotland
23. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Bridger
24. Can bride read? Yes Write? Yes
25. When married 28 day of May 1945
26. Place of marriage The Manse Florence, Cape Breton County
27. By license or banns 77132
28. Signature of
Groom Earl Matthew Kempt
Bride Barbara Morton
29. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Lindsay Kempt
Address Florence, Cape Breton
Name Philomena Kempt
Address Florence, Cape Breton
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman A.D. MacDonald
Address Box 11, Florence
Religious denomination Unitede Church of Canada
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