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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472836

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Preston

  Street or Road Baptist Church

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Colley, Sinclair George

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer   4. Kind of industry or business

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 21   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin African

10. Residence Preston, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Preston, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father John Colley

13. Maiden name of mother Susan Beals

14. Birthplace Father Preston, Nova Scotia   Mother Preston, Nova Scotia

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Downey, Alberta

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Housemaid   17. Kind of industry or business

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin African

23. Residence Preston, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Preston, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Walter Downey

26. Maiden name of mother Agnes Downey

27. Birthplace Father Preston   Mother Preston

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28. Date of marriage May 27 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87500

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32. Signature of

Groom Sinclair George Colley

Bride   Alberta Downey

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name George Edward Colley

Address   Dartmouth P.O., Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Charlotte Simmonds

Address   Dartmouth P.O., Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. A.A. Wyse

Address Dartmouth

Religious denomination Baptist

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