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Ivan Bedford Allen and Geraldine Margaret Harkness married on 29 March 1947 at Amherst, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002098

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472098

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Amherst

  Street or Road 14 South Adelaide Street


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Allen, Ivan Bedford

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Operator   4. Kind of industry or business Bus Line

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 41   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 2 Meadow St., Amherst, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Amherst, Cumb. County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Roy Allen

13. Maiden name of mother Minnie Allen

14. Birthplace Father New Brunswick   Mother New Brunswick


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Harkness, Geraldine Margaret

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Divorced   19. Age 25   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 12 Fillmore St., Amherst, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Tidnish, Cumb. County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Fred Crossman

26. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Weeks

27. Birthplace Father Prince Edward Island   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage March 29 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 86989


32. Signature of

Groom Ivan Bedford Allen

Bride   Geraldine Margaret Harkness

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name

Address   12 Fillmore St Amherst

Name

Address   12 Fillmore St. Amherst Nova Scotia.

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

Officiating Clergyman Warren L. Langille

Address 14 So. Adelaide St., Amherst, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination The United Church of Canada

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