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William Joseph Brown and Ruth Hilda Butts married on 13 June 1947 at New Waterford, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003122

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473122

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village New Waterford

  Street or Road Calvin United Manse


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Brown, William Joseph

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Wireless Operator   4. Kind of industry or business Civil Service

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 27   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 137 King St., New Waterford, Cape Breton Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Boylston, Guysboro County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Charles W. Brown

13. Maiden name of mother Annabelle Worth

14. Birthplace Father Boylston Nova Scotia   Mother Ogden Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Butts, Ruth Hilda

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

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence New Waterford Cape Breton Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth New Waterford Cape Breton Nova Scotia

25. Name of father John G. Butts

26. Maiden name of mother Helen Shaw

27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Margaree, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage June 13 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 86924


32. Signature of

Groom William Joseph Brown

Bride   Ruth Hilda Butts

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Kathleen Campbell

Address   New Waterford Nova Scotia

Name Malcolm Ferguson

Address   Boylston Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman MB Campbell

Address 58 Falmouth St. Sydney Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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