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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  132164

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Digby in City or Town Freeport

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Haines, William Bentley Vernum

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

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 17

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

7. Residence Freeport, Digby County, Nova Scotia

8. Place of birth Prince Edward, British Columbia

9. Name of father Allison L.  Haines

10. Place of birth of father Freeport, Nova Scotia

11. Maiden name of mother Marion Varnum

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Haines, Sheila Mae

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 16

17. Religious denomination United Baptist   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence Freeport, Digby County, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth Saint John, New Brunswick

21. Name of father (by legal adopting) Reuben Haines

22. Place of birth of father Freeport, Digby County, Nova Scotia

23. Maiden name of mother Wilda Cossaboom

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes

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25. When married 17 day of June 1945

26. Place of marriage  Freeport, Digby County

27. By license or banns 70947

28. Signature of

Groom William Bentley Vernum Haines

Bride   Sheila Mae Haines

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name A. Mae Haines

Address  Freeport, Nova Scotia

Name Reuben L. Haines

Address  Freeport, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. G. O. Wright

Address Freeport, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Baptist

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Divorce attached:

According to a certified copy of the Decree Absolute for Divorce dated 1970-1-13 and filed in the Office of the Registrar General under Divorce number 70-001053, it is ordered that the marriage of William Bentley Vernum Haines and Sheila Mae Haines (Registered under marriage number 1945-132164) be null and void.

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