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Fredrick Lemert Brown and Dorothy Genevieve Downey married on 16 April 1947 at Southampton, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002319

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472319

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Southampton

  Street or Road Home of George Brown


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Brown, Fredrick Lemert

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Brakeman   4. Kind of industry or business Railroad

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 25   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Athol, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Greenville, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father George Allan Brown

13. Maiden name of mother Ann Elizabeth Doyle

14. Birthplace Father Greenville, Nova Scotia   Mother Truro, Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Downey, Dorothy Genevieve

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   17. Kind of industry or business General

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 21   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Newfoundland   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence Athol, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Bell Island, Newfoundland

25. Name of father Bernard James  Downey

26. Maiden name of mother Kathleen Ryan

27. Birthplace Father Tilt Cove, Newfoundland   Mother Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland


28. Date of marriage April 16 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 86722


32. Signature of

Groom Fredrick Lemert Brown

Bride   Dorothy Genevieve Downey

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name James L. Brown

Address   Springhill, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Name Mrs. James L. Brown

Address   Springhill Junction, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman H. M. Mauzer

Address Southampton, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Baptist

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