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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  136388

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Digby

  City, Town or Village Bear River

  Street or Road Bride's Home, Bell Road

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Cress, James Roscoe

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Plumber   4. Kind of industry or business Naval Affairs

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 22   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Dutch

10. Residence Bear River

11. Place of birth Bear River

12. Name of father Howard Sinclair  Cress

13. Maiden name of mother Viola Stewart  McCormick

14. Birthplace Father Bear River   Mother Bear River

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Bell, Iris Kathleen

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 18   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Bear River

24. Place of birth Bear River

25. Name of father Cecil Rhodes  Bell

26. Maiden name of mother Vera Gretrude  Alcorn

27. Birthplace Father Bear River   Mother Bear River

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28. Date of marriage February 14 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 79993

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32. Signature of

Groom James Roscoe Cress

Bride   Iris Kathleen Bell

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Shirley Grant

Address   Bear River

Name Thelbert A. Read

Address   Bear River

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

Officiating Clergyman G.D. Brydon

Address Bear River

Religious denomination Baptist

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