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Basil Whitman Townsend and Evelyn Amelia Nickerson married on 13 July 1946 at Shelburne, Shelburne County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 140259

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  140259

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Shelburne

  City, Town or Village Shelburne

  Street or Road Rectory, Mowatt Street


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Townsend, Basil Whitman

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Fish Handler   4. Kind of industry or business

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widowed   6. Age 29   7. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Shelburne, Shelburne County

11. Place of birth East Green Harbor, Shelburne County

12. Name of father Frank Townsend

13. Maiden name of mother Gertrude Ennes

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Nickerson, Evelyn Amelia

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

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Shelburne, Shelburne County

24. Place of birth Shelburne, Shelburne County

25. Name of father William Nickerson

26. Maiden name of mother Eliza Davis

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage July 13 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 82557


32. Signature of

Groom Basil Whitman Townsend

Bride   Evelyn Amelia Nickerson

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mrs. Constance Nickerson

Address   Shelburne

Name William Nickerson

Address   Shelburne

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

Officiating Clergyman G.F. Seymour

Address Shelburne

Religious denomination Church of England

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