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Benjamin Alexander Rhindress and Eleanor Dorothy Nixon married on 30 October 1947 at Amherst, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005661

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475661

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Amherst

  Street or Road 63 Church St.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Rhindress, Benjamin Alexander

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Mechanic   4. Kind of industry or business R. C. A. F.

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 20   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English-Irish

10. Residence 18 Patterson St. Amherst,Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Amherst, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Alexander Rhindress

13. Maiden name of mother Candace Finnigan

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Nixon, Eleanor Dorothy

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   17. Kind of industry or business Dry cleaners

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 22   20. Religious denomination Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English - French

23. Residence 11 Ratchford St., Amherst, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Amherst, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father William Robert Nixon

26. Maiden name of mother Alice  Gaudet

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Amherst, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage October 30 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89835


32. Signature of

Groom Benjamin Alexander Rhindress

Bride   Eleanor Dorothy Nixon

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Robert B. Rhindress

Address   15 Patterson St., Amherst, Nova Scotia

Name Ella Mae Gaudet

Address   9 Ratchford St., Amherst, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman John R. Campbell

Address 63 Church St., Amherst, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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