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James Wilmore Baker and Dora May Trask married on 11 March 1947 at Amherst, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002403

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472403

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Amherst

  Street or Road 14 South Adelaide Street


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Baker, James Wilmore

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Chauffeur   4. Kind of industry or business General Trucking

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 28   7. Religious denomination Methodist

8. Citizenship American   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 393 Marlboro St., Boston, Mass, USA

11. Place of birth Elliston, Newfoundland

12. Name of father Joseph Chester Baker

13. Maiden name of mother Myrtle Porter

14. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Trask, Dora May

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 30   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence North Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Elliston, Newfoundland

25. Name of father John Trask

26. Maiden name of mother Lenora Crewe

27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland


28. Date of marriage March 11 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 85954


32. Signature of

Groom James Wilmore Baker

Bride   Dora May Trask

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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