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Lester Banks Harlow and Mildred Florence Melanson married on 23 May 1946 at Truro, Colchester County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 137828

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  137828

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Colchester

  City, Town or Village Truro

  Street or Road 55 Dominion St.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Harlow, Lester Banks

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Salesman   4. Kind of industry or business Insurance

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widowed   6. Age 45   7. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 41 Ross St., Halifax

11. Place of birth Caledonia, Queens Coounty

12. Name of father Brinton MacLeod Harlow

13. Maiden name of mother Lena Vanbuskirk Banks

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Melanson, Mildred Florence

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Floor Lady   17. Kind of industry or business Spice Manufacturing

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Divorced   19. Age 39   20. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 306 Creighton St., Halifax

24. Place of birth Lunenburg, Lunenburg County

25. Name of father Everett William Oxner

26. Maiden name of mother Gladys Hiltz

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage May 23 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 82312


32. Signature of

Groom Lester Banks Harlow

Bride   Mildred Florence Melanson

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Marion C. Stevenson

Address   58 1/2 Dominion St., Truro

Name Mrs H.J. Rawley

Address   55 Dominion St., Truro

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

Officiating Clergyman Harold J. Rawley

Address 55 Dominion St., Truro

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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