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Harold Burnham Cleaves and Marilyn Josephine Alcorn married on 27 August 1946 at Bear River, Digby County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 140475

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  140475

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Digby

  City, Town or Village Bear River

  Street or Road United Baptist Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Cleaves, Harold Burnham

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Salesman   4. Kind of industry or business Furniture Store

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 23   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County

11. Place of birth Nova Scotia, Annapolis County, Lequille

12. Name of father Charles Harris Cleaves

13. Maiden name of mother Bessie Margaret Rawding

14. Birthplace Father Moschelle, Annapolis County   Mother Dedham, Massachusetts, USA


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Alcorn, Marilyn Josephine

16. Trade, profession of kind of work stenographer   17. Kind of industry or business at Home

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Bear River, Digby County

24. Place of birth Bear River, Digby County

25. Name of father Roscoe Cregg Alcorn

26. Maiden name of mother Della Aletta McCormick

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage August 27 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 83722


32. Signature of

Groom Harold Burnham Cleaves

Bride   Marilyn Josephine Alcorn

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mrs. Geneva Beck

Address   15 Tinney St., Cambridge, Massachusetts

Name W.L. Rushton

Address   Annapolis Royal

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

Officiating Clergyman G.D. Brydon

Address Bear River, Digby County

Religious denomination Baptist

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