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Joseph Jess Melanson and Marjorie Hersey married on 14 October 1946 at Weymouth, Digby County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 141892

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  141892

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Digby

  City, Town or Village Weymouth

  Street or Road Church of St. Thomas


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Melanson, Joseph Jess

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 19   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin French

10. Residence Weymouth Mills, Digby County

11. Place of birth Weymouth Mills, Digby County

12. Name of father Joseph Alphonus Melanson

13. Maiden name of mother Hazel Grace Tibbets

14. Birthplace Father USA   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Hersey, Marjorie

16. Trade, profession of kind of work   17. Kind of industry or business At home

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 17   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Weymouth Mills, Digby County

24. Place of birth Weaver Settlement, Digby County

25. Name of father Ernest Walter Hersey

26. Maiden name of mother Hazel Naomi Bell

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage October 14 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 84379


32. Signature of

Groom Joseph Jess Melanson

Bride   Marjorie Hersey

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Irwin Setpen Boudreau

Address   Weaver Settlement, Digby County

Name Ines Ella Mary Boudreau

Address   Weaver Settlement, Digby County

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

Officiating Clergyman J Brodie

Address St Peters Rectory, Weymouth N.

Religious denomination Church of England

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