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Victor Manuel Arseneau and Shirley Winifred Nelson married on 5 September 1945 at Fenwick, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 135166

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  135166

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland in City or Town Fenwick

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Arseneau, Victor Manuel

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

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 22

5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   6. Racial origin French

7. Residence Choinal St Amherst NS

8. Place of birth Choinal St Amherst NS

9. Name of father Clarence  Arseneau

10. Place of birth of father Nova Scotia

11. Maiden name of mother Martha Purdy

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Nelson, Shirley Winifred

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 18

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

19. Residence Fenwick NS

20. Place of birth Fenwick Cumberland Nova Scotia

21. Name of father Aubrey Nelson

22. Place of birth of father Nova Scotia

23. Maiden name of mother Violet Smith


25. When married 5 day of September 1945

26. Place of marriage Home of the Bride Fenwick, Cumberland County

27. By license or banns 78810

28. Signature of

Groom Victor Manuel Arseneau

Bride   Shirley Winifred Nelson

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Bessie R Carty

Address  Windsor Bldg Amherst NS

Name Bertrand W Nelson

Address  RR 2 Nappan Sta NS

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

Officiating Clergyman A D MacDonald

Address Nappan station NS

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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