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Kenneth Charles Johnston and Ruth Louise Brittain married on 20 May 1947 at Brooklyn, Yarmouth County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002701

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472701

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Yarmouth

  City, Town or Village Brooklyn

  Street or Road Baptist Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Johnston, Kenneth Charles

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Telephone cable, combustion man   4. Kind of industry or business Woodbridge of Vaughn

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 23   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 406 St Clair East, Toronto

11. Place of birth Toronto, Ontario

12. Name of father George Arthur Johnston

13. Maiden name of mother Marion Evelyn Locke

14. Birthplace Father Toronto   Mother Toronto


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Brittain, Ruth Louise

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Bank Clerk   17. Kind of industry or business Royal Bank of Canada

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 19   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Brooklyn, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Brooklyn, Yar. County

25. Name of father Robert McGuinniss Brittain

26. Maiden name of mother Dora Martha Jenkham

27. Birthplace Father New Tusket, Digby County   Mother Canaan, Yarmouth County


28. Date of marriage May 20 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87381


32. Signature of

Groom Kenneth Charles Johnston

Bride   Ruth Louise Brittain

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Charles Osbourne Brittain

Address   RR #4 Yarmouth

Name Mrs. Allison Pitman

Address   RR #4, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. H.U. Hutchinson

Address 4 Elm St., Yarmouth, North Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Baptist

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