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Donald Bayley Tower and Arline Belle Croft married on 5 August 1947 at Chester, Lunenburg County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003992

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473992

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Lunenburg

  City, Town or Village Chester

  Street or Road St Stephen Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Tower, Donald Bayley

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Doctor   4. Kind of industry or business Hospital Work

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 27   7. Religious denomination Church of England

8. Citizenship American   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 3777 Cote Des Nerges Rd. Montreal

11. Place of birth New Jersey USA

12. Name of father Walter Sheldon Tower

13. Maiden name of mother Edith Florence Jones

14. Birthplace Father United States   Mother United States


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Croft, Arline Belle

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Nurse R. N.   17. Kind of industry or business At home

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 26   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Chester Basin, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Lloyd Henry Croft

26. Maiden name of mother Myrtle Meadows

27. Birthplace Father Canada   Mother Canada


28. Date of marriage August 5 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87392


32. Signature of

Groom Donald Bayley Tower

Bride   Arline Belle Croft

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name James. W. Tower

Address   138 Mewsfield Ave., Darieu, Conn.

Name Dorothy M. Spates

Address   Chester, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. G. F. Seymour

Address Chester, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England

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