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Walter James Batchilder and Ida Lennie Higby married on 18 April 1945 at Yarmouth, Yarmouth County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 131650

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  131650

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Yarmouth in City or Town Yarmouth

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Batchilder, Walter James

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

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 23

5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   6. Racial origin English

7. Residence Yarmouth, Yarmouth County

8. Place of birth Georgetown, King's County, Prince Edward Island

9. Name of father Reginal Batchilder

10. Place of birth of father Georgetown, Prince Edward Island

11. Maiden name of mother Julia Martell

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Higby, Ida Lennie

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 22

17. Religious denomination Baptist   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence Yarmouth

20. Place of birth Yarmouth

21. Name of father Roy Willard Higby

22. Place of birth of father Yarmouth

23. Maiden name of mother Nellie Van Emburg

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 18 day of April 1945

26. Place of marriage Manse, Central United Church Yarmouth, Yarmouth County

27. By license or banns 76669

28. Signature of

Groom Walter James Batchilder

Bride   Ida Lennie Higby

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Catherine Rose Higby

Address  Yarmouth

Name Gordon Melvin Higby

Address  Yarmouth

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

Officiating Clergyman Cecil L Blanchard

Address Yarmouth

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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