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Charles Edward Dorrington and Kathleen Elizabeth Bowles married on 24 April 1947 at Oxford, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002324

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472324

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Oxford

  Street or Road Home of Edwin Paris


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Dorrington, Charles Edward

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Shipbuilder   4. Kind of industry or business Shipyard

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 21   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Coloured

10. Residence Amherst, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Tom Mills

13. Maiden name of mother Mary Ella  Mills

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Bowles, Kathleen Elizabeth

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Domestic   17. Kind of industry or business Housework

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 25   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Coloured

23. Residence Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

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

25. Name of father Marshal Bowles

26. Maiden name of mother Blanch Radcliff

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother New Brunswick


28. Date of marriage April 24 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87163


32. Signature of

Groom Charles Edward Dorrington

Bride   Kathleen Elizabeth Bowles

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Eveline Stella Paris

Address   Oxford, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Name Harry F. Dobson

Address   Oxford, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. E. R. MacWilliam

Address Oxford, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Baptist

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