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Donald Norman Ritcey and Laura Frances Winnifred Payson married on 16 November 1946 at Meadowvale, Annapolis County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 142249

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  142249

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Annapolis in City or Town Meadowvale

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Ritcey, Donald Norman

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

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Divorced   4. Age 32

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

7. Residence Middleton

8. Place of birth Middleton, Anna. County

9. Name of father Josiah Norman Ritcey

10. Place of birth of father Riverport

11. Maiden name of mother Jenny Mae Lightizer

12. Can bridegroom read? yes   Write? yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Payson, Laura Frances Winnifred

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Office clerk   Kind of industry or business

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 22

17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   18. Racial origin Scottish

19. Residence Meadowvale, Annapolis County

20. Place of birth Brooklyn, Annapolis County

21. Name of father Guilford Payson

22. Place of birth of father Meadowvale, Anna. County

23. Maiden name of mother Irene Patterson

24. Can bride read? yes   Write? yes


25. When married 16 day of November 1946

26. Place of marriage Home of Guilford Payson Meadowvale, Annapolis County

27. By license or banns 82807

28. Signature of

Groom Donald Norman Ritcey

Bride   Laura Frances Winnifred Payson

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Douglas G Payson

Address  Wilmot Sta.

Name Kathlene Brownell

Address  Middleton

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

Officiating Clergyman Donald C. Boothroyd

Address Kingston, Kings County

Religious denomination The United Church of Canada

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