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Earl Douglas Gates and Phyllis Marie Sproule married on 27 September 1945 at Berwick, Kings County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 134327

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  134327

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Kings in City or Town Berwick

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Gates, Earl Douglas

2. Trade, profession of kind of work railway employee   Kind of industry or business section man

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

5. Religious denomination Baptist   6. Racial origin English

7. Residence Aylesford, Kings County

8. Place of birth Berwick, Kings County

9. Name of father Edward Hartley Gates

10. Place of birth of father Nicholsville

11. Maiden name of mother Lucy Belle Murphy

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Sproule, Phyllis Marie

14. Trade, profession of kind of work none   Kind of industry or business at home

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced spinster   16. Age 17

17. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence Aylesford, Kings County

20. Place of birth Dominion, Cape Breton

21. Name of father Walter Eldridge Sproule

22. Place of birth of father Springfield, Nova Scotia

23. Maiden name of mother Celetus Jane Ernst


25. When married 27 day of September 1945

26. Place of marriage Home of clergyman, Commercial Berwick, Kings County

27. By license or banns 78749

28. Signature of

Groom Earl Douglas Gates

Bride   Phyllis Marie Sproule

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mrs. Floyd Gates

Address  Aylesford, Kings County

Name Floyd Garfield Gates

Address  Aylesford, Kings County

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

Officiating Clergyman W. E. Cholerlay?

Address Berwick, Kings County

Religious denomination Baptist

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