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John Layard Coffell and Bertha Maye White married on 17 December 1946 at Springhill, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 143198

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  143198

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Springhill

  Street or Road Wesley United Manse, Main Street


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Coffell, John Layard

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Student   4. Kind of industry or business University

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 22   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence 239 Church St., Amherst

11. Place of birth Moncton, New Brunswick

12. Name of father Morris L Coffell

13. Maiden name of mother Viola Hattie

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full White, Bertha Maye

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 20   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence North Wiltshire, Queens County, Prince Edward Island

24. Place of birth North Wiltshire, Prince Edward Island

25. Name of father Chester E White

26. Maiden name of mother Mildred Green

27. Birthplace Father Prince Edward Island   Mother Prince Edward Island


28. Date of marriage December 17 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 85639


32. Signature of

Groom John Layard Coffell

Bride   Bertha Maye White

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mrs. Morris L. Coffell

Address   239 Church St., Amherst

Name M. L. Coffell

Address   239 Church St., Amherst

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

Officiating Clergyman H. I. (?)

Address Springhill

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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