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John Raymond Gillis and Zelda Marjorie Ferguson married on 25 July 1947 at Pictou, Pictou County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005026

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475026

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Pictou

  City, Town or Village Pictou

  Street or Road 19 Wellington Street


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Gillis, John Raymond

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Seaman   4. Kind of industry or business Hydrography

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 29   7. Religious denomination Presbyterian

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Pictou, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Point Prim, Prince Edward Island

12. Name of father Clarence Gillis

13. Maiden name of mother Bessie MacLeod

14. Birthplace Father Point Prim, Prince Edward Island   Mother Point Prim, Prince Edward Island


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Ferguson, Zelda Marjorie

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Housework   17. Kind of industry or business At home

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 27   20. Religious denomination Presbyterian

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch

23. Residence 11 Elm Street West, Pictou, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Pictou Island, Pictou County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Arthur Ferguson

26. Maiden name of mother Mary C. MacCallum

27. Birthplace Father Little Sands, Prince Edward Island   Mother High Bank, Prince Edward Island


28. Date of marriage July 25 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87122


32. Signature of

Groom John Raymond Gillis

Bride   Zelda Marjorie Ferguson

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Hazel Ferguson

Address   11 Elm St. West Pictou, Nova Scotia

Name Louis L. Ferguson

Address   11 Elm St. Pictou, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman George M. Lamont

Address Pictou, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Presbyterian

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