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Herbert Merle McBurnie and Leta Muriel Skidmore married on 17 October 1947 at Springhill, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005542

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475542

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Springhill

  Street or Road 9 McDougall St. Home of Rev.J.C. Leadbetter


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full McBurnie, Herbert Merle

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 34   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship American   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence Elm St., Springhill, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Woodland, Maine, USA

12. Name of father James T. McBurnie

13. Maiden name of mother Rosamond J. Harrison

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Skidmore, Leta Muriel

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Nurse R.N.   17. Kind of industry or business Hospital

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 28   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Morris St., Springhill

24. Place of birth Springhill, Cumb.Co., Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Millard R. Skidmore

26. Maiden name of mother Rosanna L. Brown

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage October 17 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89791


32. Signature of

Groom Herbert Merle McBurnie

Bride   Leta Muriel Skidmore

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Frances Edith Arsenault

Address   Springhill, Nova Scotia

Name Gordon Maxwell Bigelow

Address   Springhill, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. J. C. Leadbetter

Address McDougall St., Springhill, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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