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Walter Augustus Dorrington and Shirley Bernice Harper married on 6 September 1947 at Amherst, Cumberland County
Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004499
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19474499
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cumberland
City, Town or Village Amherst
Street or Road 141 East Pleasant Street
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Dorrington, Walter Augustus
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer 4. Kind of industry or business Foundry
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 18 7. Religious denomination African Methodist Episcopel
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Negro
10. Residence 23 Poplar Street, Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father James Frederick Dorrington
13. Maiden name of mother Hazel Lydia Noyles
14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Harper, Shirley Bernice
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Housework 17. Kind of industry or business Domestic
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 20 20. Religious denomination African Methodist Episcopel
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Negro
23. Residence 141 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father Alfred Harper
26. Maiden name of mother Hazel Cooke
27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage September 6 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89309
32. Signature of
Groom Walter Augustus Dorrington
Bride Shirley Bernice Harper
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Layton Robert Harper
Address 141 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
Name Clara Mae White
Address 23 Poplar Street, 141 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman
Address
Religious denomination
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