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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