Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004498
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19474498
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cumberland
City, Town or Village Amherst
Street or Road 14 South Adelaide Street
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Foster, Percy Carl
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Farmer 4. Kind of industry or business Mixed Farming
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 35 7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin English
10. Residence Hastings, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Hastings, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Elmore Foster
13. Maiden name of mother Agnes Manship
14. Birthplace Father Hastings, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia Mother Truemanville, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Dowe, Alice Hannah
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Domestic 17. Kind of industry or business Housework
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 18 20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin English
23. Residence Ward's Brook, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth North Greville, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father Norby Dowe
26. Maiden name of mother Marjorie Hughes
27. Birthplace Father Diligent River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia Mother Fox River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage September 10 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89308
32. Signature of
Groom Percy Carl Foster
Bride Alice Hannah Dowe
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Mrs. Arminta E. Brooks
Address RR #5, Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
Name Mrs. Annie Higgins
Address 6 Charles Street, Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman Warren L. Langille
Address 14 South Adelaide Street, Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination The United Church of Canada
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