Registration: Year: 1946 number: 136977
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 136977
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Colchester
City, Town or Village Old Barns
Street or Road R.R.1
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Downey, William Burton
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Student 4. Kind of industry or business Pharmacist
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 26 7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Irish
10. Residence Toronto
11. Place of birth Crookston, Ontario
12. Name of father Robert Andrew Downey
13. Maiden name of mother Margaret E Wood
14. Birthplace Father Crookston, Ontario Mother Crookston, Ontario
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Baxter, Doris Kathleen
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Registered Nurse 17. Kind of industry or business
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 30 20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Scottish
23. Residence Old Barns
24. Place of birth Old Barns
25. Name of father Robert J Baxter
26. Maiden name of mother Agnes Bell
27. Birthplace Father Windsor Mother New Annan
28. Date of marriage April 10 1946 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 81745
32. Signature of
Groom William Burton Downey
Bride Doris Kathleen Baxter
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Vera A. Baxter
Address Old Barns
Name W. Douglas Baxter
Address Old Barns
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman L.H. MacLean
Address Clifton
Religious denomination United Church of Canada
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