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Walter McCowan and Mary Edith Nickerson married on 6 September 1946 at Liverpool, Queens County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 140720

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  140720

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Queens

  City, Town or Village Liverpool

  Street or Road LIverpool Baptist Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full McCowan, Walter

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Electrical Engineer   4. Kind of industry or business Bell Telephone County

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 26   7. Religious denomination Presbyterian

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence London, Ontario

11. Place of birth Scarborough, Ontario

12. Name of father Robert Ashbridge McCowan

13. Maiden name of mother Florence Hamilton Green

14. Birthplace Father Ontario   Mother Ontario


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Nickerson, Mary Edith

16. Trade, profession of kind of work School Teacher   17. Kind of industry or business School Teaching

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 28   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Saint Lambert, Quebec

24. Place of birth Cape Sable Island

25. Name of father Hubert Grenville Nickerson

26. Maiden name of mother Frida Edith Cox

27. Birthplace Father Cape Sable Island   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage September 6 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 83865


32. Signature of

Groom Walter McCowan

Bride   Mary Edith Nickerson

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name H. Malcolm Wilkinson

Address   R.R. No.1 Inglewood, Ontario, Canada

Name Jean O. Nickerson

Address   Liverpool

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. E.R. MacWilliam

Address Liverpool

Religious denomination Baptist

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