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Elmer Kenneth Smith and Laura Emma Garland married on 9 September 1947 at Amherst, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004490

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474490

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Amherst

  Street or Road Immanuel United Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Smith, Elmer Kenneth

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

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 Freetown, Prince Edward Island

11. Place of birth Freetown, Prince Edward Island

12. Name of father Clayton Steven  Smith

13. Maiden name of mother Orrie Zella Day

14. Birthplace Father Bideford Prince Edward Island   Mother Neighbors Prince Edward Island


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Garland, Laura Emma

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

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 49 West Pleasant St., Amherst, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Albert, Albert County, New Brunswick

25. Name of father Blair Aubrey Garland

26. Maiden name of mother Mary Ann Moore

27. Birthplace Father Gowland Mtn., New Brunswick   Mother Germantown Albert County, New Brunswick


28. Date of marriage September 9 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88855


32. Signature of

Groom Elmer Kenneth Smith

Bride   Laura Emma Garland

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Lyman Lloyd Garland

Address   Freetown, Prince Edward Island

Name Pauline Evelyn Jacklin

Address   Amherst, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Cater Windsor

Address 62 West Pleasant Street, Amherst, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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