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John Edward Power and Marjorie LeVaughan Skelhorn married on 16 June 1947 at Kentville, Kings County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003158

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473158

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Kings

  City, Town or Village Kentville

  Street or Road 517 Main Baptist Parsonage


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Power, John Edward

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 33   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence Aldershot, Kings County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Aldershot, Kings County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Henry Power

13. Maiden name of mother Lena Lightfoot

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Skelhorn, Marjorie LeVaughan

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer   17. Kind of industry or business Laundry

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Divorced   19. Age 32   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch

23. Residence Aldershot, Kings County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Greenwich. Kings County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Douglas Seymour Davison

26. Maiden name of mother Bessie Jane Kenney

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage June 16 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87726


32. Signature of

Groom John Edward Power

Bride   Marjorie LeVaughan Skelhorn

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name James Burton Power

Address   Aldershot, Kings County, Nova Scotia

Name Louise Thiberault

Address   Kentville

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

Officiating Clergyman Freeman Fenerly

Address 517Main St., Kentville, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination

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