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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  13270

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton in City or Town Gabarus

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Birch, Arthur Howard

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

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 22

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

7. Residence 341 High St., Moncton, NB

8. Place of birth Moncton

9. Name of father William Gordon Birch

10. Place of birth of father Lot 16, PEI

11. Maiden name of mother Flora  Hutchinson

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Atkinson, Elva Pearl

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   Kind of industry or business Dept. of Defence

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 21

17. Religious denomination Baptist   18. Racial origin

19. Residence Shediac, NB

20. Place of birth Shediac, NB

21. Name of father Clarence Atkinson

22. Place of birth of father Shediac, NB

23. Maiden name of mother Nellie Taylor

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes

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25. When married 11 day of June 1945

26. Place of marriage Manse Gabarus, Cape Breton County

27. By license or banns 70913

28. Signature of

Groom Arthur Howard Birch

Bride   Elva Pearl Atkinson

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Charles Martell

Address  Louisburg, CB

Name Clare Ludlow

Address  Fourchu, Richmond Co.

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

Officiating Clergyman M.D. MacLeod

Address Gabarus

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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