Registration: Year: 1946 number: 142261
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 142261
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Annapolis
City, Town or Village Middleton
Street or Road Residence Carl F. Messenger M.D.C.M.
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Messenger, Ralph Delbert
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Bookeeper 4. Kind of industry or business
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 24 7. Religious denomination Baptist
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin English
10. Residence Bridgetown
11. Place of birth Bridgetown
12. Name of father Lewis Messenger
13. Maiden name of mother Ora Mae Messenger
14. Birthplace Father Bridgetown Mother Bridgetown
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Bent, Hilda Winifred
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Teacher 17. Kind of industry or business
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 21 20. Religious denomination Baptist
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin English
23. Residence Bridgetown
24. Place of birth Bridgetown
25. Name of father Arthur Bent
26. Maiden name of mother Ferne Bezanson
27. Birthplace Father Bridgetown Mother North Williamston
28. Date of marriage November 23 1946 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 83758
32. Signature of
Groom Ralph Delbert Messenger
Bride Hilda Winifred Bent
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Carl F. Messenger M.D.C.M.
Address Middleton
Name Margaret Elizabeth Messenger
Address Middleton
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman J. Norman Ritcey
Address Middleton
Religious denomination United Church of Canada
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