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John Elmer Esling and Elsie Muriel Turnbull married on 9 May 1947 at Westville, Pictou County

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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