Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004128
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19474128
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cumberland
City, Town or Village Amherst
Street or Road 23 West Pleasant
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Fisher, Basil Orington
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Laborer 4. Kind of industry or business Canada Car County
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 44 7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin English
10. Residence 23 West Pleasant, Amherst, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Greenville Station, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father George Edward Fisher
13. Maiden name of mother Violet May Treen
14. Birthplace Father Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia Mother Cumberland Cty, Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Rafter, Marjorie June
16. Trade, profession of kind of work at home 17. Kind of industry or business
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 19 20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin English
23. Residence Brookdale, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Amherst, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father Rufus Norman Rafter
26. Maiden name of mother Edith Helen Holland
27. Birthplace Father Renfrew, Nova Scotia Mother Halifax, Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage August 11 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88084
32. Signature of
Groom Basil Orington Fisher
Bride Marjorie June Rafter
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name
Address
Name
Address
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman
Address
Religious denomination
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