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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