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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475426

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Preston

  Street or Road Baptist Church

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Brooks, Walter Herbert

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 32   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin African

10. Residence Preston, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Preston, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Richard Brooks

13. Maiden name of mother Preston, Nova Scotia Alice

14. Birthplace Father Neal   Mother Preston, Nova Scotia

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Colly, Eliza

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

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin African

23. Residence Preston, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Preston, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father James Colly

26. Maiden name of mother Preston, Nova Scotia Hattie

27. Birthplace Father Diggs   Mother Preston, Nova Scotia

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28. Date of marriage September 30 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89633

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32. Signature of

Groom Walter Herbert Brooks

Bride   Eliza Colly

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name ……. Brooks

Address   Preston P. O.

Name Samuel

Address   Preston P. O.

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. A. A. Wyse. Clergyman

Address Westphail, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Baptist

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