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Wilbert Earl Swan and Alice Bernice Gower married on 28 October 1946 at New Annan, Colchester County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 141774

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  141774

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Colchester

  City, Town or Village New Annan

  Street or Road United Church Manse


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Swan, Wilbert Earl

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Lumbering   4. Kind of industry or business Labourer Lumber

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 34   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Wentworth, Cumberland County

11. Place of birth Millbrook, Colchester County

12. Name of father Walter William Swan

13. Maiden name of mother Ida May Bentley

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Gower, Alice Bernice

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 22   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Wentworth, Cumberland County

24. Place of birth Wentworth, Cumberland County

25. Name of father Charles E. Gower

26. Maiden name of mother Gladys L. Swallow

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage October 28 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 84374


32. Signature of

Groom Wilbert Earl Swan

Bride   Alice Bernice Gower

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mrs. Ira Sprague

Address   Wentworth Station, R.R. #1

Name Freeman Cook Swan

Address   Tatamagouche, R.R. #2

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

Officiating Clergyman J.C. Leadbeater

Address R.R. #2, Tatmagouche

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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