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John MacLeod Sutherland and Helen Alida Culton married on 16 June 1947 at Stellarton, Pictou County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003605

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473605

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Pictou

  City, Town or Village Stellarton

  Street or Road Christ Church, Bridge St.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Sutherland, John MacLeod

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Office Clerk   4. Kind of industry or business Dominion Wheel & Foundry

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 21   7. Religious denomination Presbyterian

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Thorburn, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Donald Sutherland

13. Maiden name of mother Isobel MacLeod

14. Birthplace Father Barney's River, Nova Scotia   Mother Westville, Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Culton, Helen Alida

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   17. Kind of industry or business Telephone County

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Riverton, Stellarton P.O., Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father James Howard Culton

26. Maiden name of mother Margaret Buchanan

27. Birthplace Father Georgetown, Prince Edward Island   Mother Boston, Mass.


28. Date of marriage June 16 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87987


32. Signature of

Groom John MacLeod Sutherland

Bride   Helen Alida Culton

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Ernest Sutherland

Address   Thorburn

Name Morag Allen

Address   Stellarton, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman H. R. Deering

Address Christ Church Rectory, Stellarton, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England

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