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Rufus Perley Forsythe and Margaret Bernice Hicks married on 30 September 1947 at Amherst, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005177

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475177

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Amherst

  Street or Road The Manse 62 W.Pleasant St.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Forsythe, Rufus Perley

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labor   4. Kind of industry or business Dominion Manufacturers Ltd.

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 40   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 21 Mission Street, Amherst, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Londonderry, Colchester County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father James Alexander Forsythe

13. Maiden name of mother Jessie McLeod

14. Birthplace Father Streets Ridge, Nova Scotia   Mother Prince Edward Island


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Hicks, Margaret Bernice

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Trunk Trimmer   17. Kind of industry or business Cl…. Trunk & Bag. County

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 30   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 10 Hill Street, Amherst, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Midgie, Westmoreland County, New Brunswick

25. Name of father Charles Hicks

26. Maiden name of mother Garnet Niles

27. Birthplace Father Midgie, New Brunswick   Mother Midgie, New Brunswick


28. Date of marriage September 30 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88853


32. Signature of

Groom Rufus Perley Forsythe

Bride   Margaret Bernice Hicks

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Aubrey Baldwin Forsythe

Address   38 Cornwall St., Amherst,

Name Dorothy Elizabeth Hicks

Address   10 Hill St., Amherst, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Cater Windsor

Address 62 West Pleasant St., Amherst, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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