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Laurence Nelson Freeman and Helen Dorothea Harding married on 31 August 1945 at Osborne, Shelburne County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 133297

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  133297

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Shelburne in City or Town Osborne

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Freeman, Laurence Nelson

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Fisherman   Kind of industry or business Fishing- line

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

5. Religious denomination Baptist   6. Racial origin English

7. Residence Rockland, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

8. Place of birth Rockland, Shelburne County

9. Name of father L. Goreham Freeman

10. Place of birth of father Greenfield, Queens County

11. Maiden name of mother Cynthia Myra McLannan

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Harding, Helen Dorothea

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Housekeeping   Kind of industry or business Father's Home

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 27

17. Religious denomination Baptist   18. Racial origin English Irish

19. Residence Osborne, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth Osborne, Nova Scotia

21. Name of father Ralph Harding

22. Place of birth of father Rockland, Shelburne County

23. Maiden name of mother Ruth M. Richardson

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 31 day of August 1945

26. Place of marriage Osborne Baptist Church Osborne, Shelburne County

27. By license or banns 77526

28. Signature of

Groom Laurence Nelson Freeman

Bride   Helen Dorothea Harding

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Ralph M. H. Huskilson

Address  Lockeport, Nova Scotia

Name Ruth Winnifred Harding

Address  Osborne, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Robert Alder Colpitts

Address Lockeport, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Baptist

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