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Melvin Murray McGuire and Elda Pearl Bailey married on 10 November 1946 at Elmsdale, Hants County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 142102

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  142102

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Hants

  City, Town or Village Elmsdale

  Street or Road Elmsdale United Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full McGuire, Melvin Murray

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 27   7. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence 34 Roslyn Road, Halifax

11. Place of birth Shubenacadie, Hants County

12. Name of father Ernest McGuire

13. Maiden name of mother Eva Cross

14. Birthplace Father Shubenacadie, Hants County   Mother Rhode Island, USA


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Bailey, Elda Pearl

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Mail Filling Supervisor   17. Kind of industry or business Mail Order

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Elmsdale, Hants County

24. Place of birth Rawdon, Hants County

25. Name of father Harry Bailey

26. Maiden name of mother Myrtle Ena Gelby

27. Birthplace Father Blina, South Wales   Mother Rawdon, Hants County


28. Date of marriage November 10 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 84727


32. Signature of

Groom Melvin Murray McGuire

Bride   Elda Pearl Bailey

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Bernice Elizabeth Meade

Address   3 Creighton St., Halifax

Name Vance V McGuire

Address   34 Roslyn Road, Halifax

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

Officiating Clergyman James M. W. Beveridge

Address Elmsdale, Hants County

Religious denomination The United Church of Canada

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