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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  135127

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Lunenburg in City or Town Bridgewater

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Rafuse, John Leonard

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Mill Worker   Kind of industry or business Lumber

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

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

7. Residence Chester, Lunenburg Co., N.S.

8. Place of birth Chester, Lunenburg Co., N.S.

9. Name of father Leo Rafuse

10. Place of birth of father Chester, N.S.

11. Maiden name of mother Isabel  Snair

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Gillis, Gertrude Christine

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 21

17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   18. Racial origin Scotch

19. Residence South West Margaree, Inverness Co., N.S.

20. Place of birth South West Margaree, Inverness Co., N.S.

21. Name of father Hugh J. Gillis

22. Place of birth of father South West Margaree, N.S.

23. Maiden name of mother Margaret E. Coady

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes

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25. When married 3 day of November 1945

26. Place of marriage St. Joseph's Glebe Bridgewater, Lunenburg County

27. By license or banns 79016

28. Signature of

Groom John Leonard Rafuse

Bride   Gertrude Christine Gillis

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Catherine Fox

Address  Bridgewater, N.S.

Name Margaret Horstman

Address  Bridgewater, N.S.

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

Officiating Clergyman J. Leo Day

Address Bridgewater, N.S.

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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