Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005515
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19475515
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Colchester
City, Town or Village Truro
Street or Road 402 Prince Street
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Wallace, Russell Downing
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Finance Company Manager 4. Kind of industry or business
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 24 7. Religious denomination Baptist
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Scottish
10. Residence Ross Avenue, Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Albert, Albert County, New Brunswick
12. Name of father Russell Murray Wallace
13. Maiden name of mother Jessie Prescott Downing
14. Birthplace Father Albert, Albert County, New Brunswick Mother Albert, Albert County, New Brunswick
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full McLennan, Carmilla Mary
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Sales Clerk 17. Kind of industry or business Hardware
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Divorced 19. Age 28 20. Religious denomination Anglican
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Scotch
23. Residence Stellarton, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Stellarton, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father John Hood
26. Maiden name of mother Annie Hoar
27. Birthplace Father Stellarton, Pictou County, Nova Scotia Mother Stellarton, Pictou County, NS`
28. Date of marriage October 11 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89546
32. Signature of
Groom Russell Downing Wallace
Bride Carmilla Mary McLennan
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Mrs. Frederick A. Hunt
Address 397 Prince Street, Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia
Name Margaret E. Knott
Address 402 Prince Street, Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman Brice D. Knott
Address 402 Prince Street, Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Baptist
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