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Richard Frederick Bates Cook and Jean Elizabeth MacKay married on 15 September 1947 at Westville, Pictou County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005122

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475122

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Pictou

  City, Town or Village Westville

  Street or Road Home of Herbert MacKay Sr., Church Street


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Cook, Richard Frederick Bates

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Truck Driver   4. Kind of industry or business Lumbering

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 34   7. Religious denomination Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence MacQuarrie Avenue, Westville, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Bermuda

12. Name of father Alfred Henry Cook

13. Maiden name of mother Florence Emily Bates

14. Birthplace Father England   Mother England


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full MacKay, Jean Elizabeth

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 22   20. Religious denomination Presbyterian

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Church Street, Westville, Nova Scotia

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

25. Name of father Herbert MacKay

26. Maiden name of mother Jane Mason

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage September 15 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89134


32. Signature of

Groom Richard Frederick Bates Cook

Bride   Jean Elizabeth MacKay

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Helen MacKay

Address   Church St. Westville, Nova Scotia

Name Alfred Cook

Address   Union St., Westville, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Herbert M. Buntain

Address P.O. Box 822 Westville, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Presbyterian

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