Registration: Year: 1945 number: 132755
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
REGISTERED No. 132755
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cumberland in City or Town Nappan
BRIDEGROOM
1. PRINT name in full Forshner, John Frederick
2. Trade, profession of kind of work Farmer Kind of industry or business Farming
3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 4. Age 24
5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada 6. Racial origin Scottish
7. Residence Pugwash, R.R. No.3, Cumberland County
8. Place of birth Amherst, Cumberland County
9. Name of father Frank Forshner
10. Place of birth of father Wallace Bay, Cumberland County
11. Maiden name of mother Blanche Vanbuskirk
12. Can bridegroom read? Yes Write? Yes
BRIDE
13. PRINT name in full Black, Elsie Catherine
14. Trade, profession of kind of work Teacher Kind of industry or business Teaching
15. Spinster Widow or Divorced spinster 16. Age 20
17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada 18. Racial origin English
19. Residence Amherst, R.R. No.6, Cumberland County
20. Place of birth Nappan, Cumberland County
21. Name of father Douglas Black
22. Place of birth of father Lorneville, Cumberland County
23. Maiden name of mother Josephine Purdy
24. Can bride read? Yes Write? Yes
25. When married 11 day of July 1945
26. Place of marriage Nappan, Cumberland County
27. By license or banns 77953
28. Signature of
Groom John Frederick Forshner
Bride Elsie Catherine Black
29. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Donald Eugene Black
Address RR6 Amherst
Name Mrs. Carl Jones
Address Parrsboro
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman George M. MacLean
Address McDougall Street, Springhill
Religious denomination United Church of Canada
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