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John Frederick Shanks and Shirley Irene MacLeod married on 18 December 1946 at St. Croix, Hants County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 143347

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  143347

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Hants

  City, Town or Village St. Croix

  Street or Road United Church Manse


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Shanks, John Frederick

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer   4. Kind of industry or business Tractor operator

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 29   7. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Three Mile Plains

11. Place of birth Three Mile Plains

12. Name of father Frederick James Shanks

13. Maiden name of mother Annie Whitehead

14. Birthplace Father Three Mile Plains   Mother Gypsum Mines


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full MacLeod, Shirley Irene

16. Trade, profession of kind of work at home   17. Kind of industry or business House work

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 21   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Three Mile Plains

24. Place of birth Three Mile Plains

25. Name of father William Thomas MacLeod

26. Maiden name of mother Sophia Elizabeth Dykens

27. Birthplace Father Michigan, USA   Mother Three Mile Plains


28. Date of marriage December 18 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 84858


32. Signature of

Groom John Frederick Shanks

Bride   Shirley Irene MacLeod

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Annie Elnor Hunter

Address   Three Mile Plains

Name Ralph Basil Shanks

Address   Three Mile Plains

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. Walter J. Domville

Address St. Croix

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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