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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