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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