Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002371
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19472371
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cumberland
City, Town or Village Amherst
Street or Road 14 South Adelaide Street
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Stanley, John William
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer 4. Kind of industry or business Salt Plant
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 22 7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Scottish
10. Residence Maccan, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Nappan, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father William Walter Stanley
13. Maiden name of mother Lily May McDonald
14. Birthplace Father Scotland Mother Chignecto,Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Arsneau, Dorothy Alma
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Domestic 17. Kind of industry or business at home, housework
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 21 20. Religious denomination Presbyterian
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin French
23. Residence Maccan, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Maccan, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father Frank Arsneau
26. Maiden name of mother Annie Margaret Hurley
27. Birthplace Father Chignecto, Nova Scotia Mother Maccan, Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage April 26 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 86231
32. Signature of
Groom John William Stanley
Bride Dorothy Alma Arsneau
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name
Address
Name
Address
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman
Address
Religious denomination
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