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Francis Dawson Rath and Betty May McCallum married on 1 August 1947 at Hilden, Colchester County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003879

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473879

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Colchester

  City, Town or Village Hilden

  Street or Road Home of bride's parents


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Rath, Francis Dawson

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Laborer   4. Kind of industry or business In lumber woods

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 20   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Harmony, Colchester County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Camden, Colchester County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Charles Dawson Rath

13. Maiden name of mother Gertrude Rath

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full McCallum, Betty May

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   17. Kind of industry or business Grocery

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Hilden, Colchester County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Mission, British Columbia

25. Name of father George Eli McCallum

26. Maiden name of mother Ella May Davidson

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Ontario


28. Date of marriage August 1 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88586


32. Signature of

Groom Francis Dawson Rath

Bride   Betty May McCallum

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Bernice Laurie

Address   32 Dominion St. Truro, Nova Scotia

Name Winfred Patterson

Address   Upper Stewiacke, Colchester County Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman J. A. MacKean

Address 119 Victoria St. Truro, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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