Registration: Year: 1946 number: 136895
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 136895
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Lunenburg
City, Town or Village Lunenburg
Street or Road Lutheran Church
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Purse, George Henry
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Sergeant soldier (fireman) 4. Kind of industry or business Canadian Army
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 27 7. Religious denomination Presbyterian
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin ENglish
10. Residence Thorburn, Pictou County
11. Place of birth London England
12. Name of father Steven Purse
13. Maiden name of mother Florence Jennings
14. Birthplace Father England Mother England
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Oickle, Ruth Beulah
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Registered Nurse 17. Kind of industry or business Sanitarium, Halifax
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 30 20. Religious denomination Lutheran
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin German
23. Residence Halifax Tuberculosis Hospital
24. Place of birth Northwest, Lunenburg County
25. Name of father Stannage Oickle
26. Maiden name of mother Beulah Rafuse
27. Birthplace Father Maitland Mother Northwest
28. Date of marriage February 20 1946 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 80589
32. Signature of
Groom George Henry Purse
Bride Ruth Beulah Oickle
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name D. Oikle
Address North West
Name Ferne Oickle
Address North West
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman L.G. Bald
Address Box 392 Lunenburg
Religious denomination Lutheran
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