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Lawrence Archibald Wood and Elsie Irene Rushton married on 11 August 1945 at Oxford, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 133691

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  133691

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland in City or Town Oxford

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Wood, Lawrence Archibald

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

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

5. Religious denomination Church of the Nazarene   6. Racial origin English

7. Residence Hantsford, Cumberland Co.

8. Place of birth Hantsford, Cumberland Co.

9. Name of father George Wood

10. Place of birth of father Oxford

11. Maiden name of mother Anna  Nelson

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Rushton, Elsie Irene

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Burler   Kind of industry or business Woolen mills

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced spinster   16. Age 21

17. Religious denomination Baptist   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence Oxford, Cumberland Co.

20. Place of birth Millvale, Cumberland Co.

21. Name of father Walter Rushton

22. Place of birth of father Westchester

23. Maiden name of mother Bernice Purdy

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 11 day of August 1945

26. Place of marriage Baptist Parsonage Oxford, Cumberland County

27. By license or banns 78051

28. Signature of

Groom Lawrence Archibald Wood

Bride   Elsie Irene Rushton

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Opal Best

Address  Oxford

Name Mrs. L.B. Estabrooks

Address  Oxford

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. L.B. Estabrooks

Address Oxford

Religious denomination Baptist

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