Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002293
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19472293
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Pictou
City, Town or Village Merigomish
Street or Road
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Ritchie, Paul Forrest
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Chemist 4. Kind of industry or business Chemists
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 27 7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Scottish & Irish
10. Residence 17 Pagan Place, Saint John, New Brunswick
11. Place of birth Florenceville, New Brunswick
12. Name of father George Archibald Ritchie
13. Maiden name of mother Laura Mable Forrest
14. Birthplace Father New Brunswick Mother New Brunswick
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Cummings, Jean Cameron
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Technician 17. Kind of industry or business Hospital
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 23 20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Scotch & Irish
23. Residence Merigomish, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Merigomish, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father Harry Cummings
26. Maiden name of mother Ethel Marjorie Cameron
27. Birthplace Father Stellarton, Pictou County, Nova Scotia Mother Bridgeville, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage May 3 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 86794
32. Signature of
Groom Paul Forrest Ritchie
Bride Jean Cameron Cummings
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Marion L. Macdonald
Address Merigomish, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
Name H. E. MacDonald
Address Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman Rev. Brice D. Knott
Address 402 Prince Street, Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Baptist
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