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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