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Cornelius Jerome Starr and Willa Fern Matthews married on 3 September 1945 at Wolfville, Kings County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 134311

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  134311

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Kings in City or Town Wolfville

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Starr, Cornelius Jerome

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Engineer   Kind of industry or business Civil

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 30

5. Religious denomination Baptist   6. Racial origin Anglo Saxon

7. Residence 161 McKinley Street, Portland, Maine, USA

8. Place of birth Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

9. Name of father Wilborn Joseph Starr

10. Place of birth of father New Hampshire

11. Maiden name of mother Margaret Fagan

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Matthews, Willa Fern

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced spinster   16. Age 28

17. Religious denomination Baptist   18. Racial origin Anglo Saxon

19. Residence Portland, Maine, USA

20. Place of birth Lyttleton, Northumberland County, New Brunswick

21. Name of father Wilborn Matthews

22. Place of birth of father New Brunswick

23. Maiden name of mother Lillian White


25. When married 3 day of September 1945

26. Place of marriage Clergyman's House Wolfville, Kings County

27. By license or banns 78777

28. Signature of

Groom Cornelius Jerome Starr

Bride   Willa Fern Matthews

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Eva E. Whitney

Address  Wolfville?

Name Cecile E. Weldrum?

Address  Bridgewater

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

Officiating Clergyman R.E. Whitney

Address Wolfville

Religious denomination United Baptist

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