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Ross Bryson Beckwith and Janetta Swaine married on 6 February 1946 at Wolfville, Kings County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 136561

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  136561

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Kings

  City, Town or Village Wolfville

  Street or Road 10 Linden Avenue


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Beckwith, Ross Bryson

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 37   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Hants Border

11. Place of birth Hants Border

12. Name of father Ebenezer Beckwith

13. Maiden name of mother Sadie Hutchinson

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Swaine, Janetta

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 29   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Port LaTour

24. Place of birth Port LaTour

25. Name of father George Pierre Swaine

26. Maiden name of mother Janetta MacKay

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage February 6 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 80136


32. Signature of

Groom Ross Bryson Beckwith

Bride   Janetta Swaine

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Frances Swaine

Address   Hantsport

Name Bernard Swaine

Address   Hantsport

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

Officiating Clergyman F. H. Eaton

Address Wolfville

Religious denomination Baptist

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