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William Sherman Lawson and Margaret Jean Keith married on 18 June 1947 at Stellarton, Pictou County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003606

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473606

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Pictou

  City, Town or Village Stellarton

  Street or Road Foord St.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Lawson, William Sherman

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   4. Kind of industry or business Mine Company

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 28   7. Religious denomination Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence Copper Cliff, Ontario

11. Place of birth Red Wing, Minn., USA

12. Name of father Lawrence Lawson

13. Maiden name of mother Dorothy Sherman

14. Birthplace Father United States   Mother United States


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Keith, Margaret Jean

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Nurse   17. Kind of industry or business Registered Nurse

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 33   20. Religious denomination Presbyterian

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Welsh

23. Residence Foord St., Stellarton, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Stellarton, Pictou County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father John Ford Keith

26. Maiden name of mother Margaret Fraser

27. Birthplace Father New Brunswick   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage June 18 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87458


32. Signature of

Groom William Sherman Lawson

Bride   Margaret Jean Keith

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Lois C. Fritz

Address   Sudbury, Ontario

Name Robert Franklin Jones

Address   Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Murray J. Fraser

Address Box 312, Stellarton, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Presbyterian Church of Canada

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