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George Wickens Atwood and Sarah Lavinia Nickerson married on 29 August 1947 at Barrington, Shelburne County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004761

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474761

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Shelburne

  City, Town or Village Barrington

  Street or Road Parsonage Barrington, Nova Scotia


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Atwood, George Wickens

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 26   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Halifax, Nova Scotia, 113 Young Street

11. Place of birth Atwood Brook

12. Name of father George Nathan Atwood

13. Maiden name of mother Gladys MacGregor Wickens

14. Birthplace Father Atwood Brook   Mother Shag Harbour


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Nickerson, Sarah Lavinia

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 28   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Barrington West

24. Place of birth Oak Park

25. Name of father Lloyd Albert Nickerson

26. Maiden name of mother Elmira Cornelia Pitman

27. Birthplace Father Clyde River, Nova Scotia   Mother Brooklyn, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage August 29 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88895


32. Signature of

Groom George Wickens Atwood

Bride   Sarah Lavinia Nickerson

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Lloyd Nickerson

Address   Barrington West

Name Hazel Raynor

Address   Barrington

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

Officiating Clergyman H.S. Raynor

Address Barrington

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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