Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005215
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19475215
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Colchester
City, Town or Village Bass River
Street or Road The Baptist Parsonage
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Purdy, John Nelson
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Telephone lineman 4. Kind of industry or business
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 26 7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Scottish
10. Residence Great Village, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Londonderry, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father John Purdy
13. Maiden name of mother Loie Nelson
14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Dickson, Georgie Maureen
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Telephone 17. Kind of industry or business
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 20 20. Religious denomination Baptist
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Scotch
23. Residence Bass River Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Bass River Nova Scotia
25. Name of father Arnold Dickson
26. Maiden name of mother Myrtle Corbett
27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage October 18 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87337
32. Signature of
Groom John Nelson Purdy
Bride Georgie Maureen Dickson
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Nellie M. Dickson
Address Bass River, Col.Co., Nova Scotia
Name C. Winnifred Nelson
Address Great Village, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman Rev. J. K. Banks
Address Bass River, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Baptist
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