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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  14336

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Amherst

  Street or Road Poplar St., Highland A.M.E. Church

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full White, John Arnold

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 25   7. Religious denomination African Methodist Episcopal

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Negro

10. Residence 23 Poplar St., Amherst

11. Place of birth 23 Poplar St., Amherst

12. Name of father John Harry White

13. Maiden name of mother Hazel Lydia Noiles

14. Birthplace Father Mill Village, Queen's County   Mother Port Lawrence, Cumberland County

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Gay, Muriel Elizabeth

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Waitress/Domestic   17. Kind of industry or business Restaurant

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 22   20. Religious denomination African Methodist Episcopal

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Negro

23. Residence 195 Willow St., Amherst

24. Place of birth Willow St., Amherst

25. Name of father Douglas Gay

26. Maiden name of mother Frances Gabriel

27. Birthplace Father Brookdale, Cumberland County   Mother Springhill, Cumberland County

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28. Date of marriage October 2 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 84391

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32. Signature of

Groom John Arnold White

Bride   Muriel Elizabeth Gay

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Ronald Maxwell l White

Address   23 Poplar St., Amherst

Name Clara May White

Address   23 Polar St., Amherst

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. Samuel E. Johnstone Lord

Address 35 Poplar St., Amherst

Religious denomination African Methodist Episcpal Church

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