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Henry Moreland Stanley Demings and Elsie Marion Smith married on 16 June 1947 at Pugwash, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003147

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  19473147

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland in City or Town Pugwash

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Demings, Henry Moreland Stanley

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Farmer   Kind of industry or business Farming

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 55

5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   6. Racial origin Scottish

7. Residence Pugwash, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

8. Place of birth Pugwash River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

9. Name of father Joseph Demings

10. Place of birth of father Pugwash, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

11. Maiden name of mother Ida Stuart

12. Can bridegroom read? yes   Write? yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Smith, Elsie Marion

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Cook   Kind of industry or business at County Home, Pugwash

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 29

17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence Shinimicas Bridge, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth Shinimicas Bridge, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

21. Name of father Bliss Smith

22. Place of birth of father Shinimicas Bridge

23. Maiden name of mother Blanche Smith


25. When married 16 day of June 1947

26. Place of marriage Parsonage, Church St. Pugwash, Cumberland County

27. By license or banns 85129

28. Signature of

Groom Henry Moreland Stanley Demings

Bride   Elsie Marion Smith

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mrs. Grace E. Smith

Address  Pugwash, Nova Scotia

Name Harvey A. Smith

Address  Pugwash, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman A.R. Reynolds

Address Pugwash, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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