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Lawrence Allen Dewar and Elizabeth Ells married on 23 February 1946 at Valley Station, Colchester County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 136267

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  136267

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Colchester

  City, Town or Village Valley Station

  Street or Road Church Manse


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Dewar, Lawrence Allen

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Civil Service   4. Kind of industry or business Mail Carrier

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 28   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 380 Queen Street, Truro, Colchester County

11. Place of birth Upper Stewiacke, Colchester County

12. Name of father Hugh L. Dewar

13. Maiden name of mother Prudence Bezanson

14. Birthplace Father Riversdale, Colchester County   Mother Londonderry, Colchester County


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Ells, Elizabeth

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Teacher   17. Kind of industry or business Public School

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 25   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Sheffield Mills, Kings County

24. Place of birth Lower Canard, Kings County

25. Name of father Leander J. Ells

26. Maiden name of mother Florence Beckwith

27. Birthplace Father Lower Canard, Kings County   Mother Montrose, Colchester County


28. Date of marriage February 23 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 81256


32. Signature of

Groom Lawrence Allen Dewar

Bride   Elizabeth Ells

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Robert Frank Sinclair

Address   RR #3, Truro, Colchester County

Name Audrey Jean Christie

Address   RR #3, Truro, Colchester County

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. John A. Bradley

Address RR #3, Truro, Colchester County

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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