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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  13687

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Kings in City or Town Kentville

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Messem, Gordon Elden

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer   Kind of industry or business Agriculture

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Divorced   4. Age 31

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

7. Residence Port Williams

8. Place of birth Melanson

9. Name of father Thomas Messem

10. Place of birth of father Nova Scotia

11. Maiden name of mother Rachael Morine

12. Can bridegroom read? yes   Write? yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Grant, Ethel Irene

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 26

17. Religious denomination Baptist   18. Racial origin Scottish

19. Residence Kentville

20. Place of birth Paradise

21. Name of father Percy Grant

22. Place of birth of father West Arlington

23. Maiden name of mother Ruth Rhynard

24. Can bride read? yes   Write? yes

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25. When married 8 day of January 1946

26. Place of marriage United Baptist Parsonage Kentville, Kings County

27. By license or banns 79249

28. Signature of

Groom Gordon Elden Messem

Bride   Ethel Irene Grant

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mrs. Marion Tupper

Address  Kentville

Name Arthur Tucker

Address  Center Burlington

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

Officiating Clergyman Freeman Fenerly

Address 517 Main St. Kentville

Religious denomination United Baptist

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