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Edwin Allen Delay and Rachel Hamilton Gilroy married on 1 October 1947 at Collingwood Corner, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005439

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475439

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Collingwood Corner

  Street or Road Manse United Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Delay, Edwin Allen

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 38   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Westchester Cumberland County Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Westchester Cumb. Co, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Warren Delay

13. Maiden name of mother Lower Greenville, Cumb. Co Annie

14. Birthplace Father Ralston   Mother Cumberland Co


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Gilroy, Rachel Hamilton

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Widowed   19. Age 38   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Amherst-York St., No. 7

24. Place of birth Amherst

25. Name of father Robert Fisch

26. Maiden name of mother Yorkshire, England Rachael

27. Birthplace Father Scott   Mother Scotland


28. Date of marriage October 1 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89323


32. Signature of

Groom Edwin Allen Delay

Bride   Rachel Hamilton Gilroy

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Frinta Gimura McDorman

Address   28 Elm St. Truro Nova Scotia

Name Elment Aasnard McDorman

Address   28 Elm St. Truro, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Leginold L. Roachy

Address Collingwood Corner, Cumb. Co

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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