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Samuel William James Cullen and Edna Reid Hillier married on 20 July 1946 at Glace Bay, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 139726

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  139726

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Glace Bay

  Street or Road St. Mary's Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Cullen, Samuel William James

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Storekeeper   4. Kind of industry or business Grocery

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 23   7. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 45 Seaview St., Glace Bay, Cape Breton

11. Place of birth Somersetshire, England

12. Name of father William Cullen

13. Maiden name of mother Lucy Copley

14. Birthplace Father England   Mother England


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Hillier, Edna Reid

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Housekeeper   17. Kind of industry or business home

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 2 Lake Road, Glace Bay, Cape Breton

24. Place of birth Glace Bay, Cape Breton

25. Name of father Charles Read

26. Maiden name of mother Mary Ann Bennett

27. Birthplace Father England   Mother England


28. Date of marriage July 20 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 83054


32. Signature of

Groom Samuel William James Cullen

Bride   Edna Reid Hillier

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Lillian McLellan

Address   Glace Bay

Name James MacDougall

Address   Glace Bay

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

Officiating Clergyman J. Crewe

Address St. Mary's Rectory, Glace Bay

Religious denomination Church of England in Canada

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