Registration: Year: 1945 number: 132955
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
REGISTERED No. 132955
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Digby in City or Town Weymouth
BRIDEGROOM
1. PRINT name in full Melanson, Bernard
2. Trade, profession of kind of work Seafaring Kind of industry or business Sailor
3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widower 4. Age 40
5. Religious denomination Baptist 6. Racial origin French
7. Residence Ashmore, Digby County, Nova Scotia
8. Place of birth Ashmore, Digby County, Nova Scotia
9. Name of father Frederick Melanson
10. Place of birth of father Gilbert's Cove, Nova Scotia
11. Maiden name of mother Ida Smith
12. Can bridegroom read? No Write? No
BRIDE
13. PRINT name in full Ryan, Ethel
14. Trade, profession of kind of work Domestic Kind of industry or business Housemaid
15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 16. Age 21
17. Religious denomination Baptist 18. Racial origin Irish
19. Residence Marshalltown, Digby County, Nova Scotia
20. Place of birth Marshalltown, Digby County, Nova Scotia
21. Name of father Fridreck Ryan
22. Place of birth of father Marshalltown, Nova Scotia
23. Maiden name of mother Bertha Post
24. Can bride read? No Write? No
25. When married 18 day of August 1945
26. Place of marriage Weymouth, Digby County
27. By license or banns 15720
28. Signature of
Groom Bernard Melanson
Bride Ethel Ryan
29. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Mrs. Leslie Barry
Address Ashmore, Digby County, Nova Scotia
Name Mr. Leslie Barry
Address Ashmore, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman Rev. J. B. Hogan
Address Weymouth North, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Baptist
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