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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  143230

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Digby in City or Town Digby

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Keen, Claire Welles

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

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 39

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

7. Residence Digby

8. Place of birth Advocate Harbour

9. Name of father Frank Keen

10. Place of birth of father Digby

11. Maiden name of mother Bessie Knolton

12. Can bridegroom read? yes   Write? yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Morris, Bessie Lavinia

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Trained Nurse   Kind of industry or business

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 29

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

19. Residence Digby

20. Place of birth Advocate Harbour

21. Name of father Robert Stuart Morris

22. Place of birth of father Advocate Harbour

23. Maiden name of mother Abbie P. Rolfe

24. Can bride read? yes   Write? yes

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25. When married 20 day of December 1946

26. Place of marriage Home of Bridegroom Digby, Digby County

27. By license or banns 85282

28. Signature of

Groom Claire Welles Keen

Bride   Bessie Lavinia Morris

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Sherman W. Rice

Address  Granville Ferry

Name Mrs. Allan Stilwell

Address  St. John, New Brunswick

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

Officiating Clergyman Thomas W. Hodgson

Address Digby

Religious denomination The United Church of Canada

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