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Lewis Johnston Archibald and Dorothy Isabel Kerr married on 23 August 1947 at Fox River, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004821

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474821

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Fox River

  Street or Road Holy Trinity Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Archibald, Lewis Johnston

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Dentist   4. Kind of industry or business Dentistry

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 31   7. Religious denomination Anglican

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father David William Archibald

13. Maiden name of mother Marquerite  White

14. Birthplace Father Canada   Mother St. Pierre


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Kerr, Dorothy Isabel

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Registered Nurse   17. Kind of industry or business Stopped Duty

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 25   20. Religious denomination Anglican

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch

23. Residence Fox River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Fox River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Robert Gesner Kerr

26. Maiden name of mother Eva Mae Loring

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage August 23 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom Lewis Johnston Archibald

Bride   Dorothy Isabel Kerr

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Marion Kerr Clark

Address   724 Lexington St., Westmount, Que.

Name James Purves Archibald

Address   Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman George A. Hatton

Address Fox River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Anglican

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