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Earle Tingley McKnight and Barbara Elizabeth Bain married on 11 September 1945 at Chegaggin, Yarmouth County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 133998

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  133998

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Yarmouth in City or Town Chegaggin

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full McKnight, Earle Tingley

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Clergyman   Kind of industry or business United Baptist Convention

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 28

5. Religious denomination United Baptist   6. Racial origin English

7. Residence Main Street, Port Maitland, Nova Scotia, Canada

8. Place of birth Callina, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada

9. Name of father Merrill McKnight

10. Place of birth of father Snider Mt., Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada

11. Maiden name of mother Wavie Jane Schofield

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Bain, Barbara Elizabeth

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Registered nurse   Kind of industry or business General hospital staff

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 26

17. Religious denomination United Baptist   18. Racial origin Scottish

19. Residence Chegaggin, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada

20. Place of birth Hebron, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada

21. Name of father George Clayton Bain

22. Place of birth of father Hebron, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada

23. Maiden name of mother Lena Pearl Foote

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 11 day of September 1945

26. Place of marriage West Yarmouth Baptist Church Chegaggin, Yarmouth County

27. By license or banns 78448

28. Signature of

Groom Earle Tingley McKnight

Bride   Barbara Elizabeth Bain

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Katherine J Wagner

Address  Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Name Ralph W Barber

Address  Yarmouth North, Nova Scotia, Canada

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

Officiating Clergyman Gerald W Gercoire

Address Box 683, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Religious denomination Baptist

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