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Edward Arthur Gesner and Ruby McKenzie Donaldson married on 27 April 1946 at Dartmouth, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 137683

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  137683

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Dartmouth

  Street or Road Christ Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Gesner, Edward Arthur

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Commercial Traveller   4. Kind of industry or business Hardware

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 31   7. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Eastern Passage, Halifax County

11. Place of birth Bridgetown, Annapolis County

12. Name of father William Edward Gesner

13. Maiden name of mother Margaret Arabel Hicks

14. Birthplace Father Granville   Mother Mass., USA


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Donaldson, Ruby McKenzie

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   17. Kind of industry or business Imperial Oil Petr. Refinery

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 24   20. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Eastern Passage, Halifax County

24. Place of birth Dartmouth

25. Name of father George William Donaldson

26. Maiden name of mother Edna Selina Donaldson

27. Birthplace Father Sable Island   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage April 27 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 81806


32. Signature of

Groom Edward Arthur Gesner

Bride   Ruby McKenzie Donaldson

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Charles W. Ring

Address   103 Commercial St., Dartmouth

Name Marjorie Donaldson

Address   Eastern Passage, Halifax County

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

Officiating Clergyman W.E. Ryder

Address Dartmouth

Religious denomination Church of England

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