Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002618
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19472618
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Pictou
City, Town or Village Westville
Street or Road
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Esling, John Elmer
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer 4. Kind of industry or business Coal
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 27 7. Religious denomination Church of England
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Irish
10. Residence 613 Hudson street, Stellarton, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Stellarton, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Thomas William Esling
13. Maiden name of mother Hazel McDougall
14. Birthplace Father Bristol, England Mother Stellarton, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Turnbull, Elsie Muriel
16. Trade, profession of kind of work at home 17. Kind of industry or business
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 19 20. Religious denomination Church of England
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin British
23. Residence Evansville, Stellarton, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Stellarton, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father Fame Lloyd Turnbull
26. Maiden name of mother Malha Foster
27. Birthplace Father Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Mother North Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage May 9 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 86807
32. Signature of
Groom John Elmer Esling
Bride Elsie Muriel Turnbull
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name James O. Turnbull
Address Evansville, Stellarton, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
Name Thomas H. Esling
Address Stellarton, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman Leslie A. Todd
Address St. Bee's Rectory, Westville, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Church of England
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