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James Herbert Sinclair and Murella Elmyra Martin married on 5 June 1947 at Country Harbor m, Guysborough County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002904

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472904

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Guysborough

  City, Town or Village Country Harbor m

  Street or Road


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Sinclair, James Herbert

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 24   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Goshen, Guys County Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Eight Island Lake, Guys County Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Robert James Sinclair

13. Maiden name of mother Voler Beatrice Gorden

14. Birthplace Father Eight Island Lake Nova Scotia   Mother Eight Island Lake Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Martin, Murella Elmyra

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 25   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch

23. Residence Country Harbour Mines, Guys County Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Caledonia, Queens County

25. Name of father Henry Atwoode Martin

26. Maiden name of mother Margaret Cushing

27. Birthplace Father Westville, Queens County   Mother Milton, Mass


28. Date of marriage June 5 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 79937


32. Signature of

Groom James Herbert Sinclair

Bride   Murella Elmyra Martin

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Malcolm A. Martin

Address   Country Harbour Mines, Nova Scotia

Name Mrs James O’Leary

Address   Glacé Bay, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev M.Allen Gibson, B.A., B.D.

Address Issac’s Harbour, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Baptist

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