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John Ezekiel Harris and Jane Magdalene Hay Williams married on 31 December 1946 at Canning, Kings County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 143360

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  143360

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Kings

  City, Town or Village Canning

  Street or Road 43 Seminary St.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Harris, John Ezekiel

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Farmer   4. Kind of industry or business Farming

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 38   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Canning

11. Place of birth Canning

12. Name of father Arthur B. Harris

13. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Holmes Millard

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Williams, Jane Magdalene Hay

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Personnel Manager   17. Kind of industry or business Retail

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Divorced   19. Age 39   20. Religious denomination Presbyterian

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence 89 Windsor St. Halifax

24. Place of birth Banffshire, Scotland

25. Name of father James Wilson Hay

26. Maiden name of mother Christina Ann Garden

27. Birthplace Father Scotland   Mother Scotland


28. Date of marriage December 31 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 84418


32. Signature of

Groom John Ezekiel Harris

Bride   Jane Magdalene Hay Williams

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Ruth E. Harris

Address   Canning

Name Roger F. Harmony

Address   Liverpool

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

Officiating Clergyman Frank H. Sinnott

Address 43 Seminary St. Canning

Religious denomination Baptist

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