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Hugh Arnold Atwell and Leona Olive McDow married on 14 March 1946 at Wolfville, Kings County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 136868

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  136868

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Kings in City or Town Wolfville

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Atwell, Hugh Arnold

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Carpenter   Kind of industry or business Carpentry

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 18

5. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England   6. Racial origin Russian

7. Residence River St. Kentville

8. Place of birth Newtonville

9. Name of father Walter Martin Atwell

10. Place of birth of father Newtonville

11. Maiden name of mother Dorothy May Thompson

12. Can bridegroom read? yes   Write? yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full McDow, Leona Olive

14. Trade, profession of kind of work   Kind of industry or business at home

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 18

17. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England   18. Racial origin Dutch

19. Residence Exhibition St. Kentville

20. Place of birth Kentville

21. Name of father Avery McDow

22. Place of birth of father New Ross

23. Maiden name of mother Evelyn Sanford

24. Can bride read? yes   Write? yes


25. When married 14 day of March 1946

26. Place of marriage St. John's Church Wolfville, Kings County

27. By license or banns 80117

28. Signature of

Groom Hugh Arnold Atwell

Bride   Leona Olive McDow

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name William Pineo

Address  Wolfville

Name Beatrice Pineo

Address  Wolfville

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

Officiating Clergyman Frank W. Fry

Address Wolfville

Religious denomination Anglican

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