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Roy Angus Nelson and Phyllis Elaine Roach married on 3 April 1947 at Amherst, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002100

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472100

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Amherst

  Street or Road 25 Clarence Street


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Nelson, Roy Angus

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Sargent   4. Kind of industry or business R.C.A.F. Permanent Force

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 32   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Springhill, Cumb. County, Nova Scotia

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

12. Name of father Hedley Elmer Nelson

13. Maiden name of mother Freda May Wadman

14. Birthplace Father Leamington, Nova Scotia   Mother Five Islands, Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Roach, Phyllis Elaine

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 22   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 25 Clarence St., Amherst, Nova Scotia

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

25. Name of father James Clinton Roach

26. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Josephine Coates

27. Birthplace Father Nappan, Nova Scotia   Mother West Amherst, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage April 3 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 86991


32. Signature of

Groom Roy Angus Nelson

Bride   Phyllis Elaine Roach

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Ray Nelson

Address   Springhill, Nova Scotia

Name Edith B. Roach

Address   25 Clarence 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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