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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  134477

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland in City or Town Parrsboro

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Gilchrist, Fenton John

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

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 26

5. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England   6. Racial origin Scottish

7. Residence Vancouver BC (Army)

8. Place of birth Peace River, Alberta

9. Name of father Peter Gilchrist

10. Place of birth of father Ontario

11. Maiden name of mother Anetta Wheeland

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Welch, Elizabeth Veronica

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Telephone Oper.   Kind of industry or business Central Office

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 27

17. Religious denomination Baptist   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence Parrsboro

20. Place of birth Parrsboro

21. Name of father Brenton B. Welch

22. Place of birth of father Cumberland Co.

23. Maiden name of mother Georgina Parsons

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25. When married 18 day of September 1945

26. Place of marriage Manse Parrsboro, Cumberland County

27. By license or banns 79074

28. Signature of

Groom Fenton John Gilchrist

Bride   Elizabeth Veronica Welch

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Lillian Margaret Gilchrist

Address  Brockville, Ont

Name Ellen Murray Zinck

Address  Halifax

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

Officiating Clergyman W. H. Jackson

Address Parrsboro

Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

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