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William Sanford Rice and Margaret Norma Hanes married on 31 May 1947 at Shelburne, Shelburne County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003067

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473067

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Shelburne

  City, Town or Village Shelburne

  Street or Road Baptist Parsonage


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Rice, William Sanford

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Lab Tester   4. Kind of industry or business Paper Mill

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

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Brooklyn, Queens County Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Sydney, C.Breton Nova Scotia

12. Name of father George Ingram Rice

13. Maiden name of mother Irene Marie Gruchey

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Hanes, Margaret Norma

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Teacher   17. Kind of industry or business Village school

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Brooklyn Queens County

24. Place of birth Truro Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Robert Estus Hanes

26. Maiden name of mother Mary Elizabeth Waller

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage May 31 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87570


32. Signature of

Groom William Sanford Rice

Bride   Margaret Norma Hanes

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name W. Hartley Hopkins

Address   Shelburne Nova Scotia

Name Mary Erma Hopkins

Address   Shelburne Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman A.G.J. Steeves

Address Shelburne Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Baptist

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