Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005543
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19475543
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 Leadbetter, Claude Hugh
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Accounting 4. Kind of industry or business Garage
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 24 7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin English
10. Residence Mechanic St., Springhill
11. Place of birth Springhill, Cumb.Co., Nova Scotia
12. Name of father James Leadbetter
13. Maiden name of mother Elsie M. Carter
14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Merlin, Dorothy Geddis
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer 17. Kind of industry or business Unemployment Insurance
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 29 20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Irish
23. Residence Mechanic St., Springhill, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Springhill, Cumb.Co., Nova Scotia
25. Name of father Charles Merlin
26. Maiden name of mother Estelle Matheson
27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage October 18 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89792
32. Signature of
Groom Claude Hugh Leadbetter
Bride Dorothy Geddis Merlin
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Mrs. Estelle Merlin
Address Springhill, Nova Scotia
Name John S. Kingar
Address Halifax, 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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