Registration: Year: 1946 number: 137892
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
REGISTERED No. 137892
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Kings in City or Town Waterville
BRIDEGROOM
1. PRINT name in full Dykens, William Allen
2. Trade, profession of kind of work Farmer Kind of industry or business Agriculture
3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 4. Age 38
5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada 6. Racial origin English
7. Residence Waterville, Kings County
8. Place of birth Waterville, Kings county.
9. Name of father William Henry Dykens
10. Place of birth of father Cumberland County
11. Maiden name of mother Jane Lightfoot
12. Can bridegroom read? yes Write? yes
BRIDE
13. PRINT name in full Bent, Mary Gladys
14. Trade, profession of kind of work Housewife Kind of industry or business Home
15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Widowed 16. Age 52
17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada 18. Racial origin English
19. Residence Waterville, Kings County
20. Place of birth Waterville, Kings County
21. Name of father James Thomas Ferris
22. Place of birth of father Waterville, Kings County
23. Maiden name of mother Minnie Walker
24. Can bride read? yes Write? yes
25. When married 16 day of April 1946
26. Place of marriage St. Andrews Manse Waterville, Kings County
27. By license or banns 78756
28. Signature of
Groom William Allen Dykens
Bride Mary Gladys Bent
29. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Violet Ferris
Address Waterville
Name Mrs. Annie Schofield
Address Waterville
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman S. Poirier, BD., ThD
Address The Manse, Waterville, Kings County
Religious denomination The United Church of Canada
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