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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