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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473058

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, Freeman Benjamin

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 35   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Africaian

10. Residence Preston Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Preston Nova Scotia

12. Name of father James Colley

13. Maiden name of mother Hattie Diggs

14. Birthplace Father Preston Halifax County Nova Scotia   Mother Preston Nova Scotia

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Gray, Aurelia Eveeline

16. Trade, profession of kind of work House maid   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 Africian

23. Residence Halifax Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Windsor Nova Scotia

25. Name of father  Unknown

26. Maiden name of mother Laurine Gray

27. Birthplace Father Unknown   Mother Windsor Nova Scotia

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28. Date of marriage May 28 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87515

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32. Signature of

Groom Freeman Benjamin Colley

Bride   Aurelia Eveeline Gray

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Evilyn Gray

Address   Halifax Nova Scotia

Name Albert Colley

Address   Preston

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev A. A. Wyse

Address Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Baptist

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