Registration: Year: 1947 number: 001898
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19471898
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Digby
City, Town or Village Lower Saulnierville
Street or Road Sacred Heart Church
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Handspiker, Garnet Stailing
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Fish Cutter 4. Kind of industry or business Works at Maritimes Fish-co.
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 31 7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Dutch
10. Residence Digby, Digby County Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Digby, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Ainslie Handspiker
13. Maiden name of mother Dora Handspkier
14. Birthplace Father Digby, Nova Scotia Mother Digby, Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Williams, Laura Mary
16. Trade, profession of kind of work House work 17. Kind of industry or business At home
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 36 20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin English
23. Residence Lower Saulnierville, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Lake Innis, Yarmouth County Nova Scotia
25. Name of father Edward Williams
26. Maiden name of mother Annie Muise
27. Birthplace Father Lake Doucet, Nova Scotia Mother Surettes Island, Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage April 7 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 86539
32. Signature of
Groom Garnet Stailing Handspiker
Bride Laura Mary Williams
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Ernest Robichaud
Address Meteghan
Name Edna Williams
Address Lower Saulnierville
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman Thomas Gatonguay
Address Lower Saulnierville, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Roman Catholic
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