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Purdy Lawrence Oxner and Lillias Elnora Wentzell married on 6 October 1945 at Bridgewater, Lunenburg County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 134449

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  134449

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Lunenburg in City or Town Bridgewater

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Oxner, Purdy Lawrence

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

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widower   4. Age 57

5. Religious denomination Baptist   6. Racial origin Dutch

7. Residence Chester Basin, Lunenburg County, N.S.

8. Place of birth Chester Basin, Lunenburg County, N.S.

9. Name of father Marcus Oxner

10. Place of birth of father Chester Basin, Lunenburg County, N.S.

11. Maiden name of mother Eliza DeWolfe

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Wentzell, Lillias Elnora

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Widow   16. Age 45

17. Religious denomination Lutheran   18. Racial origin German

19. Residence Bridgewater, Lunenburg County, N.S.

20. Place of birth Waterloo, Lunenburg County, N.S.

21. Name of father Peter Wile

22. Place of birth of father Waterloo, Lunenburg County, N.S.

23. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Ann Fitch

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 6 day of October 1945

26. Place of marriage Lutheran Parsonage Bridgewater, Lunenburg County

27. By license or banns 76587

28. Signature of

Groom Purdy Lawrence Oxner

Bride   Lillias Elnora Wentzell

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Greta C. Wentzell, R.N.

Address  55 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, N.S.

Name Lucille J. Oxner, R.N.

Address  Children's Hospital, Halifax, N.S.

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

Officiating Clergyman C. H. Whitteker

Address Bridgewater, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Lutheran

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