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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  132964

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Digby in City or Town Bear River

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Rice, Walter Elvin

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

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 21

5. Religious denomination Anglican   6. Racial origin Irish

7. Residence Lake LaRose, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia

8. Place of birth Lake LaRose, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia

9. Name of father Henry Augustus Rice

10. Place of birth of father Lake LaRose, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia

11. Maiden name of mother Lottie Lee Cummings

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Beeler, Lorna Gertrude

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 19

17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence R.R. 2 Upper Clements, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth Tate, Saskatchewan

21. Name of father Horace Beeler

22. Place of birth of father Princedale, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia

23. Maiden name of mother Alma  Freeman

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes

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25. When married 8 day of August 1945

26. Place of marriage United Church Manse Bear River, Digby County

27. By license or banns 78295

28. Signature of

Groom Walter Elvin Rice

Bride   Lorna Gertrude Beeler

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Robert Joseph Rice

Address  Lake LaRose, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia

Name Bernice Imogene Burrell

Address  Clementsport, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman James Brooks

Address Bear River, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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