Registration: Year: 1945 number: 133115
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
REGISTERED No. 133115
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Digby in City or Town Bear River
BRIDEGROOM
1. PRINT name in full Rice, William Lawrence
2. Trade, profession of kind of work Chauffeur Kind of industry or business Taxi business
3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 4. Age 28
5. Religious denomination Baptist 6. Racial origin English
7. Residence Bear River, Nova Scotia
8. Place of birth Morganville, Nova Scotia
9. Name of father Robert Rice
10. Place of birth of father Morganville, Nova Scotia
11. Maiden name of mother Mary Ann Darris
12. Can bridegroom read? Yes Write? Yes
BRIDE
13. PRINT name in full Read, Hetty Jean
14. Trade, profession of kind of work At home Kind of industry or business
15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 16. Age 20
17. Religious denomination Baptist 18. Racial origin English
19. Residence Bear River, Nova Scotia
20. Place of birth Bear Rive, Nova Scotia
21. Name of father Fredick Allison Read
22. Place of birth of father Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia
23. Maiden name of mother Zella Maude Rice
24. Can bride read? Yes Write? Yes
25. When married 13 day of July 1945
26. Place of marriage United Church Manse Bear River, Digby County
27. By license or banns 77377
28. Signature of
Groom William Lawrence Rice
Bride Hetty Jean Read
29. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Evelyn Jean Read
Address Bear River, Nova Scotia
Name Alice Marie Brooks
Address Bear River, 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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