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Donald Joseph Fraser and Ruth Blenkhorn married on 5 October 1945 at Amherst, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 134394

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  134394

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland in City or Town Amherst

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Fraser, Donald Joseph

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Soldier (Private)   Kind of industry or business R.C.G.C.

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 23

5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   6. Racial origin Scottish

7. Residence Meat Cove, Victoria County, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

8. Place of birth Meat Cove, Victoria County, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

9. Name of father Simon G. Fraser

10. Place of birth of father Victoria County, Cape Breton

11. Maiden name of mother MacKinnon Flora

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Blenkhorn, Ruth

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 17

17. Religious denomination Presbyterian   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

21. Name of father Ralph Blenkhorn

22. Place of birth of father Cumberland County

23. Maiden name of mother Canning Lores Evangeline


25. When married 5 day of October 1945

26. Place of marriage C Amherst, Cumberland County

27. By license or banns 79120

28. Signature of

Groom Donald Joseph Fraser

Bride   Ruth Blenkhorn

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Parker Gardiner Moir

Address  25 Pelzant Street, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Name Nina Neevesmlie

Address  Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman J. Earle Sheeby

Address 53 Havelock Street, Amherst, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England


Divorce attached:

According to a certified copy of the Decree Absolute for Divorce dated 1962-6-29 and filed in the Office of the Registrar General under Divorce number 62-001165, it is ordered that the marriage of Donald Joseph Fraser and Ruth Blenkhorn (Registered under marriage number 1945-134394) be null and void.

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