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Elsworth Milford Black and Ruby Rebecca Hoskins married on 1 July 1946 at Brookfield, Colchester County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 14142

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  14142

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Colchester

  City, Town or Village Brookfield

  Street or Road Knox United Church Manse


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Black, Elsworth Milford

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Divorced   6. Age 41   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Willow Street, Truro

11. Place of birth Pugwash, Cumberland County

12. Name of father Rufus Black

13. Maiden name of mother Rhoda Lynds

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Hoskins, Ruby Rebecca

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   17. Kind of industry or business Office Work

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Divorced   19. Age 31   20. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Willow Street, Truro

24. Place of birth Cole Harbor, Halifax County

25. Name of father Clarence MacDonald

26. Maiden name of mother Lillian Jollimore

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage July 1 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 83010


32. Signature of

Groom Elsworth Milford Black

Bride   Ruby Rebecca Hoskins

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Beulah M. Goguen

Address   83 Pleasant St., Truro

Name Emery Goguen

Address   83 Pleasant St., Truro

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

Officiating Clergyman J. Milton Fraser

Address Brookfield

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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