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James Ross McGilvray and Elizabeth Gladys Maltby married on 1 September 1947 at Amherst, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004491

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474491

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Amherst

  Street or Road


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full McGilvray, James Ross

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Office Clerk   4. Kind of industry or business Grocery

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

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 45 LaPlanche Street, Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Edward Hopkins McGilvray

13. Maiden name of mother Anne Victoria McKeown

14. Birthplace Father United States of America   Mother Quebec


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Maltby, Elizabeth Gladys

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 22   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 8 Robie Street, Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Newcastle, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father thomas Morgan Maltby

26. Maiden name of mother Georgina Pearl Bryenton

27. Birthplace Father New Brunswick   Mother New Brunswick


28. Date of marriage September 1 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88856


32. Signature of

Groom James Ross McGilvray

Bride   Elizabeth Gladys Maltby

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Earl Kitchener McGilvray

Address   45 LaPlanche Street, Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Name June Wilda Sherman

Address   7 York Street, Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman J. Earle Sheehy

Address 53 Havelock Street, Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England

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