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Mervyn Ray Goodwin and Hilda Lila Geddes married on 9 March 1946 at Shelburne, Shelburne County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 136926

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  136926

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Shelburne

  City, Town or Village Shelburne

  Street or Road United Church Manse


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Goodwin, Mervyn Ray

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Painter   4. Kind of industry or business House

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Divorced   6. Age 45   7. Religious denomination Pentecostal

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Argyle Sound, Yar. County

11. Place of birth Argyle Sound

12. Name of father Robert Goodwin

13. Maiden name of mother Isa Goodwin

14. Birthplace Father Argyle Sound   Mother Argyle Sound


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Geddes, Hilda Lila

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Widowed   19. Age 56   20. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Lower Sackville, Halifax County

24. Place of birth Birch Town

25. Name of father Charles William Towner

26. Maiden name of mother Margaret Louisa Boyd

27. Birthplace Father Lockeport   Mother Birch Town


28. Date of marriage March 9 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 81069


32. Signature of

Groom Mervyn Ray Goodwin

Bride   Hilda Lila Geddes

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mrs. Austin Firth

Address   Shelburne

Name Austin George Firth

Address   Shelburne

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

Officiating Clergyman G.A. Allan Beveridge

Address Shelburne

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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