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Leon William Alexander Cox and Nellie Elizabeth Brown married on 12 April 1946 at Dean, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 137583

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  137583

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax in City or Town Dean

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Cox, Leon William Alexander

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

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 21

5. Religious denomination Presbyterian   6. Racial origin Scottish

7. Residence Dean

8. Place of birth Dean

9. Name of father Andrew William Cox

10. Place of birth of father Newton Mills

11. Maiden name of mother Marjorie Gaston

12. Can bridegroom read? yes   Write? yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Brown, Nellie Elizabeth

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 22

17. Religious denomination Presbyterian   18. Racial origin Scottish

19. Residence Dean

20. Place of birth Dean

21. Name of father Daniel Wilbur Brown

22. Place of birth of father Upper Stewiacke

23. Maiden name of mother Jennie Dean

24. Can bride read? yes   Write? yes


25. When married 12 day of April 1946

26. Place of marriage Presbyterian Manse Dean, Halifax County

27. By license or banns 78527

28. Signature of

Groom Leon William Alexander Cox

Bride   Nellie Elizabeth Brown

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mrs. Wallace Helpard

Address  Stewiacke

Name Gerald T. Cox

Address  Upper Muskquodoboit

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. C. Wesley Quinn

Address R.R. 1 Upper Muskquodoboit

Religious denomination Presbyterian

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