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Brenton Earl Dewar and Ethel Odessa Holmes married on 16 January 1946 at Truro, Colchester County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 136143

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  136143

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Colchester

  City, Town or Village Truro

  Street or Road


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Dewar, Brenton Earl

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Proprietor   4. Kind of industry or business Restaurant

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Divorced   6. Age 33   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 30 Duke St., Truro

11. Place of birth Truro

12. Name of father Pearley L Dewar

13. Maiden name of mother Mary E Harview

14. Birthplace Father Truro   Mother Newfoundland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Holmes, Ethel Odessa

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   17. Kind of industry or business ? Jewellery

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 27   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence 683 Prince St., Truro

24. Place of birth Stellarton

25. Name of father Wm L Holmes

26. Maiden name of mother Barbara Elsie Ross

27. Birthplace Father ?   Mother Poplar Hill


28. Date of marriage January 16 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 80668


32. Signature of

Groom Brenton Earl Dewar

Bride   Ethel Odessa Holmes

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mrs. B.W. Crowe

Address   683 Prince St., Truro

Name Howard Donald Dewar

Address   30 Duke St., Truro

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

Officiating Clergyman C.E. Gordon

Address 137 Queen St., Truro

Religious denomination United Church

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