Registration: Year: 1945 number: 131791
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
REGISTERED No. 131791
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Digby in City or Town Freeport
BRIDEGROOM
1. PRINT name in full Cann, Melbourne Eugene
2. Trade, profession of kind of work Fisherman Kind of industry or business
3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 4. Age 24
5. Religious denomination United Baptist 6. Racial origin English
7. Residence Central Grove, Digby County, Nova Scotia
8. Place of birth Central Grove, Nova Scotia
9. Name of father Alfred M. Cann
10. Place of birth of father Central Grove, Nova Scotia
11. Maiden name of mother Marjorie Prime
12. Can bridegroom read? Yes Write? Yes
BRIDE
13. PRINT name in full Hersey, Jean Helena
14. Trade, profession of kind of work Housework Kind of industry or business
15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 16. Age 20
17. Religious denomination United Baptist 18. Racial origin English
19. Residence Central Grove, Digby County, Nova Scotia
20. Place of birth Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
21. Name of father Frederick Arthur Hersey
22. Place of birth of father Freeport, Nova Scotia
23. Maiden name of mother Vangie Delaney
24. Can bride read? Yes Write? Yes
25. When married 9 day of June 1945
26. Place of marriage Baptist Parsonage Freeport, Digby County
27. By license or banns 76088
28. Signature of
Groom Melbourne Eugene Cann
Bride Jean Helena Hersey
29. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Winnifred Cann
Address Central Grove
Name Walter Cann
Address Central Grove
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman Rev. Garnet O. Wright
Address Freeport, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination United Baptist
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