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Lawrence Borden MacDonald and Elva Mildred Swim married on 1 February 1947 at East Side Port Hebert, Queens County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 001606

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19471606

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Queens

  City, Town or Village East Side Port Hebert

  Street or Road


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full MacDonald, Lawrence Borden

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 35   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence East Side Port Hebert, Queens County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth East Side Port Hebert, Queens County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father John Edgar MacDonald

13. Maiden name of mother East Side Port Hebert, Queens County, Nova Scotia Grace

14. Birthplace Father Decker   Mother Rockland, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Swim, Elva Mildred

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 28   20. Religious denomination United Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin German

23. Residence West Head, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Clarks Harbour, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Leslie Norman Swim

26. Maiden name of mother Cape Sable Island, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia Myrtle

27. Birthplace Father Newell   Mother Cape Sable Island, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage February 1 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 83395


32. Signature of

Groom Lawrence Borden MacDonald

Bride   Elva Mildred Swim

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mrs. Meta J. Huskins

Address   Port Mouton, Queens County, Nova Scotia

Name Richard Chester Nunan Huskins

Address   Port Mouton, Queens County, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Francis J. Scoates

Address Port Mouton, Queens County, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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