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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474132

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Amherst

  Street or Road 1 Rupert Street

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Wry, Douglas Merlin

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Miner   4. Kind of industry or business Coal

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 26   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish-Irish

10. Residence Springhill, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Springhill, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Embert Wry

13. Maiden name of mother Sackville, New Brunswick Flora

14. Birthplace Father Merlin   Mother Springhill

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Slack, Eileen Ruth

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 25   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish Scottish

23. Residence Amherst, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Truro, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father James Kenneth Slack

26. Maiden name of mother Londonderry, Nova Scotia Merna Irene

27. Birthplace Father Bank   Mother Torbrook Mines, Nova Scotia

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28. Date of marriage February 26 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 86390

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32. Signature of

Groom Douglas Merlin Wry

Bride   Eileen Ruth Slack

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

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Religious denomination

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