Registration: Year: 1946 number: 136155
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
REGISTERED No. 136155
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Guysborough in City or Town Guysborough
BRIDEGROOM
1. PRINT name in full Borden, James Benjamin
2. Trade, profession of kind of work Farmer Kind of industry or business
3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 4. Age 33
5. Religious denomination Baptist 6. Racial origin African
7. Residence Upper Big Tracadie
8. Place of birth Little Harbour
9. Name of father Jerry Borden
10. Place of birth of father Upper Big Tracadie
11. Maiden name of mother Margaret Banks
12. Can bridegroom read? yes Write? yes
BRIDE
13. PRINT name in full Shepherd, Cora Mae
14. Trade, profession of kind of work Domestic Kind of industry or business
15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 16. Age 18
17. Religious denomination Baptist 18. Racial origin African
19. Residence Birchtown
20. Place of birth Birchtown
21. Name of father John E. Shepard
22. Place of birth of father Mulgrave
23. Maiden name of mother Mary Eliza Jackson
24. Can bride read? yes Write? yes
25. When married 2 day of January 1946
26. Place of marriage Guysborough United Parsonage Guysborough, Guysborough County
27. By license or banns 77555
28. Signature of
Groom James Benjamin Borden
Bride Cora Mae Shepherd
29. Signatures of Witnesses
Name John Shepard
Address Boylston
Name Frances M. Bishop
Address Guysborough
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman B.R. Bishop
Address Guysborough
Religious denomination United Church of Canada
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Note: African Nova Scotian
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