Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003976
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19473976
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Kings
City, Town or Village Kentville
Street or Road St James Church Main Street
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Reid, Brenton Frank
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer 4. Kind of industry or business Stock mill
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 24 7. Religious denomination Church of England
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin English
10. Residence Canaan, Kings County Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth New Ross, Lunen.Co. Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Brenton Bunysee Reid
13. Maiden name of mother Eliza Hiltz
14. Birthplace Father Billtown, Nova Scotia Mother New Ross, Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Welton, Merle Odessa
16. Trade, profession of kind of work At home 17. Kind of industry or business At home
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 16 20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic
21. Citizenship 22. Racial origin English
23. Residence Port Williams, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Casey’s Corner, Kings County Nova Scotia
25. Name of father William Welton
26. Maiden name of mother Frances Loretta Driscoll
27. Birthplace Father North River, Nova Scotia Mother South Alton, N.S,
28. Date of marriage July 16 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88139
32. Signature of
Groom Brenton Frank Reid
Bride Merle Odessa Welton
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Adelaide Georgia Reid
Address Canaan RR#3 Kings County Nova Scotia
Name Willis Burkee Alders
Address Canaan RR 3# Kings County, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman J. R. Davis
Address Box 248, Kentville, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Church of England
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