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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  19472162

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland in City or Town Pugwash

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Polley, Richard Clayton

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer   Kind of industry or business

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 20

5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   6. Racial origin

7. Residence Pugwash

8. Place of birth Bay Verte, Westmorland County, New Brunswick

9. Name of father Kirby Polley

10. Place of birth of father Port Elgin, Westmoreland, New Brunswick

11. Maiden name of mother Amelia Trenholm

12. Can bridegroom read? yes   Write? yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Rushton, Shirley Doreen

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Home   Kind of industry or business

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 17

17. Religious denomination Baptist   18. Racial origin

19. Residence Oxford

20. Place of birth Oxford

21. Name of father Walter Rushton

22. Place of birth of father Westchester

23. Maiden name of mother Bernice Purdy

24. Can bride read? yes   Write? yes

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25. When married 12 day of April 1947

26. Place of marriage Parsonage, Church St. Pugwash, Cumberland County

27. By license or banns 85653

28. Signature of

Groom Richard Clayton Polley

Bride   Shirley Doreen Rushton

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mrs. Louise E. Reynolds

Address  Pugwash

Name G. Herbert Lockhart

Address  Pugwash

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

Officiating Clergyman A.R. Reynolds

Address Pugwash

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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