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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  139849

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Springhill

  Street or Road McDougall Street

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Benjamin, James

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Carpenter   4. Kind of industry or business General

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 27   7. Religious denomination Presbyterian

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Kentville, Kings County

11. Place of birth Wolfville, Kings County

12. Name of father Clarence Benjamin

13. Maiden name of mother Eva Morine

14. Birthplace Father Kings County   Mother Kings County

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Porter, Alta Vivian

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Widowed   19. Age 26   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence New Minas, Kings County

24. Place of birth Kings County

25. Name of father Roy Fraser

26. Maiden name of mother Lola Vivian Kaiser

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia

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28. Date of marriage July 13 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 82265

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32. Signature of

Groom James Benjamin

Bride   Alta Vivian Porter

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mrs. Harold Tabor

Address   Springhill

Name Harold Tabor

Address   Springhill

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

Officiating Clergyman James D. Davison

Address Springhill

Religious denomination United Baptist

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