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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  140447

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Amherst

  Street or Road Poplar St., African Meth. Epis. Ch.

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Dorrington, Herbert Joseph

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 25   7. Religious denomination African Methodist Episcopal

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Negro African

10. Residence 509 Victoria Street, Springhill

11. Place of birth Springhill, Cumberland County

12. Name of father James Dorrington

13. Maiden name of mother Blanche Dorrington

14. Birthplace Father Guysboro, Guysboro County   Mother Springhill

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Murphy, Frances Priscilla

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 20   20. Religious denomination African Methodist Episcopal

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Negro African

23. Residence 93 Willow St., Amherst

24. Place of birth Amherst, Cumberland County

25. Name of father Henry Lee

26. Maiden name of mother Catherine Murphy

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia

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28. Date of marriage May 23 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 82049

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32. Signature of

Groom Herbert Joseph Dorrington

Bride   Frances Priscilla Murphy

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Leslie Gabriel

Address   Springhill

Name Kathleen Elizabeth Jewles

Address   26 Spring Street, Amherst

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

Officiating Clergyman Samuel E. Churchstone Lord

Address 35 Poplar Str., Amherst

Religious denomination African Methodist Episcopal Church

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