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Elmer Lemuel Barr and Bessie Viola Barr married on 24 January 1946 at Truro, Colchester County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 136257

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  136257

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Colchester

  City, Town or Village Truro

  Street or Road 147 Queen


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Barr, Elmer Lemuel

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Farmer   4. Kind of industry or business At Home

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 19   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence Shubenacadie, Hants County

11. Place of birth Shubenacadie

12. Name of father Richard Barr

13. Maiden name of mother Nellie Horne

14. Birthplace Father Gore, Hants County   Mother Shubenacadie


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Barr, Bessie Viola

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Housework   17. Kind of industry or business At Home

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 21   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence Shubenacadie

24. Place of birth Shubenacadie

25. Name of father John Barr

26. Maiden name of mother Adelaide Williams

27. Birthplace Father Barrs Settlement   Mother Shubenacadie


28. Date of marriage January 24 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 80671


32. Signature of

Groom Elmer Lemuel Barr

Bride   Bessie Viola Barr

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Lorna Gladys Barr

Address   Shubenacadie

Name Willis John Barr

Address   Shubenacadie

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

Officiating Clergyman C.E. Gordon

Address 147 Queen St., Truro

Religious denomination United Church

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