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Donald Ivar Olafson and Helen Belle Blenkhorn married on 7 November 1946 at Springhill, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 142442

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  142442

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Springhill

  Street or Road Magee Street, Home of Brides Parents


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Olafson, Donald Ivar

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   4. Kind of industry or business General Motors Wholesale

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 20   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Norwegian

10. Residence Hillsborough, New Brunswick

11. Place of birth Albert County

12. Name of father Ivar Christopher Olafson

13. Maiden name of mother Myrtle Lavinia Steeves

14. Birthplace Father Norway   Mother New Brunswick


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Blenkhorn, Helen Belle

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   17. Kind of industry or business General Hospital

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Magee St., Springhill

24. Place of birth Cumberland County

25. Name of father Lee Blenkhorn

26. Maiden name of mother Margaret McSepheney

27. Birthplace Father Cumberland County   Mother Scotland


28. Date of marriage November 7 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 85133


32. Signature of

Groom Donald Ivar Olafson

Bride   Helen Belle Blenkhorn

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Dorothy Fowler

Address   Springhill

Name Arnold Jonah

Address   Moncton

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

Officiating Clergyman James D. Davison

Address Springhill, N,S.

Religious denomination United Baptist

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