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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  133717

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland in City or Town Amherst

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Dorrington, George Edward

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Miner   Kind of industry or business Coal Mine

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widower   4. Age 56

5. Religious denomination Baptist   6. Racial origin African

7. Residence Maple? Street, Springhill

8. Place of birth Guysboro, Guysboro County

9. Name of father Lewis Dorrington

10. Place of birth of father Guysboro

11. Maiden name of mother Lily Phee

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Martin, Annie Laura

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Widow   16. Age 49

17. Religious denomination A.M.E. [African Methodist Episcopal] Church   18. Racial origin African

19. Residence Maple? Street, Springhill

20. Place of birth Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

21. Name of father James Edward Paris

22. Place of birth of father Tracadie

23. Maiden name of mother Precilla Anderson

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes

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25. When married 3 day of September 1945

26. Place of marriage 52 East Pleasant Street Amherst, Cumberland County

27. By license or banns 78331

28. Signature of

Groom George Edward Dorrington

Bride   Annie Laura Martin

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Seldon Parris

Address  Springhill, Cumberland County

Name Loretta Jolli

Address  Springhill, Cumberland County

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

Officiating Clergyman Samuel E Churchstone Ford

Address 35 Poplar Street, Amherst

Religious denomination African Methodist Episcopal Church

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