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Earl Hughes and Elizabeth Ferguson married on 6 October 1945 at New Waterford, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 134737

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  134737

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton in City or Town New Waterford

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Hughes, Earl

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

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widower   4. Age 37

5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   6. Racial origin Welsh

7. Residence 464 Pellet Ave., New Waterford

8. Place of birth Sydney, Cape Breton

9. Name of father George Pulman Hughes

10. Place of birth of father Prince Edward Island

11. Maiden name of mother Maria Pound

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Ferguson, Elizabeth

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 33

17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   18. Racial origin Scotch

19. Residence Pellet Ave., New Waterford

20. Place of birth Thorburn, Pictou Co.

21. Name of father James Ferguson

22. Place of birth of father Thorburn

23. Maiden name of mother Katie Bell BEaton


25. When married 6 day of October 1945

26. Place of marriage Smith Street Manse New Waterford, Cape Breton County

27. By license or banns 79459

28. Signature of

Groom Earl Hughes

Bride   Elizabeth Ferguson

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Marguerite Ferguson

Address  New Waterford

Name Albert Beaton

Address  New Waterford

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

Officiating Clergyman M.A. MacMillan

Address New Waterford

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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