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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  133697

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland in City or Town Amherst

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Coates, Walter James

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Steel Worker   Kind of industry or business Riveter

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

5. Religious denomination Baptist   6. Racial origin English

7. Residence 160 Church St Amherst NS

8. Place of birth Amherst NS

9. Name of father Roy Botsford Coates

10. Place of birth of father Amherst NS

11. Maiden name of mother Clara May Roast

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Wood, Minnie Lelia

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 21

17. Religious denomination Baptist   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence Linden NS

20. Place of birth Linden NS

21. Name of father Minor Wood

22. Place of birth of father Linden NS

23. Maiden name of mother Myrtle Brownell

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes

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25. When married 17 day of August 1945

26. Place of marriage 1 Rupert St Amherst, Cumberland County

27. By license or banns 78643

28. Signature of

Groom Walter James Coates

Bride   Minnie Lelia Wood

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Lemuel James Card

Address  19 Croft St.

Name Edna Mae Wood

Address  Linden

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

Officiating Clergyman HC Allen

Address Amherst

Religious denomination Baptist

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Divorce attached:

According to a certified copy of the Decree Absolute for Divorce dated 1957-10-4 and filed in the Office of the Registrar General under Divorce number 1578, it is ordered that the marriage of Walter James Coates and Minnie Lelia Wood (Registered under marriage number 1945-133697) be null and void.

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