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Ernest Lester Forbes and Eleanor Margaret Linden (nee MacKenzie) married on 16 June 1945 at Pictou, Pictou County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 132185

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  132185

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Pictou in City or Town Pictou

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Forbes, Ernest Lester

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Carpenter   Kind of industry or business Carpentry - Fullerton

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

5. Religious denomination presbyterian   6. Racial origin Scotch

7. Residence 24 Oak Street, Pictou

8. Place of birth Denmark

9. Name of father John Hector Forbes

10. Place of birth of father Denmark

11. Maiden name of mother Bessie Ethel Fraser

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Linden (nee MacKenzie), Eleanor Margaret

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Divorced   16. Age 28

17. Religious denomination Presbyterian   18. Racial origin Scotch

19. Residence West Branch [Lake] NS

20. Place of birth West Branch

21. Name of father John James MacKenzie

22. Place of birth of father West Branch

23. Maiden name of mother Ada Selina Turner

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 16 day of June 1945

26. Place of marriage Manse Dawson? Street Pictou, Pictou County

27. By license or banns 97351

28. Signature of

Groom Ernest Lester Forbes

Bride   Eleanor Margaret Linden (nee MacKenzie)

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Elizabeth Brown

Address  Pictou

Name William Brown

Address  Pictou

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

Officiating Clergyman W.H. Brown

Address Dawson? Street, Pictou

Religious denomination Presbyterian

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