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John Alton Prout and Jeanette Louise Bethune married on 28 June 1946 at Yarmouth, Yarmouth County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 139617

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  139617

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Yarmouth in City or Town Yarmouth

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Prout, John Alton

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

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 19

5. Religious denomination Baptist   6. Racial origin

7. Residence Kemptville

8. Place of birth Kemptville

9. Name of father James A. Prout

10. Place of birth of father Kemptville

11. Maiden name of mother Faye Randall

12. Can bridegroom read? yes   Write? yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Bethune, Jeanette Louise

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 18

17. Religious denomination Baptist   18. Racial origin

19. Residence Forest Glen

20. Place of birth Forest Glen

21. Name of father George Riley Bethune

22. Place of birth of father Richfield

23. Maiden name of mother Lydia Hanf

24. Can bride read? yes   Write? yes


25. When married 28 day of June 1946

26. Place of marriage Temple Parsonage, William St. Yarmouth, Yarmouth County

27. By license or banns

28. Signature of

Groom John Alton Prout

Bride   Jeanette Louise Bethune

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Miss Anet Prout

Address  Kemptville

Name Donald Southern

Address  Port Maitland

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. George R. Bell

Address Box 25 Yarmouth South

Religious denomination United Baptist

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