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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  142135

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Kings in City or Town Waterville

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Gates, Elwood Vincent

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Factory   Kind of industry or business Canning Factory

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 24

5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   6. Racial origin English

7. Residence Waterville, Kings County

8. Place of birth Waterville, Kings County

9. Name of father Alvin Gates

10. Place of birth of father Nicholsville, Kings County

11. Maiden name of mother Olie Lightfoot

12. Can bridegroom read? yes   Write? yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Ells, Bessie Mae Corkum

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Domestic   Kind of industry or business Housekeeping

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Widowed   16. Age 22

17. Religious denomination Baptist   18. Racial origin Dutch

19. Residence Berwick

20. Place of birth Kentville, Kings County

21. Name of father Pearley Corkum

22. Place of birth of father North River, Kings County

23. Maiden name of mother Florence Snow

24. Can bride read? yes   Write? yes

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25. When married 21 day of October 1946

26. Place of marriage Ministers Residence Waterville, Kings County

27. By license or banns 84583

28. Signature of

Groom Elwood Vincent Gates

Bride   Bessie Mae Corkum Ells

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Lorna Gates

Address  Waterville

Name George H. Corkum

Address  Berwick

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

Officiating Clergyman A.D. MacKinnon

Address Waterville

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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