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Donald Earle Read and Mildred Kinsman Merriam married on 5 June 1947 at Spencers Island, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003047

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473047

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Spencers Island

  Street or Road Home of the Bride


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Read, Donald Earle

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 22   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Sackville, New Brunswick

11. Place of birth Alberta

12. Name of father H. Earle Read

13. Maiden name of mother Mabel Wilson

14. Birthplace Father New Brunswick   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Merriam, Mildred Kinsman

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Lab Technician   17. Kind of industry or business Montreal R.V.H.

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 22   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Spencer's Island, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Spencer's Island

25. Name of father Ray Merriam

26. Maiden name of mother Gertrude Dunbar

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage June 5 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87659


32. Signature of

Groom Donald Earle Read

Bride   Mildred Kinsman Merriam

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Sylvia K. Merriman

Address   Spencer’s Island

Name Robert Read

Address   Sackville New Brunswick

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

Officiating Clergyman W. Harry Hackman

Address Parrsboro Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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