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Robert Ewart Higgs and Emma Jean Dobson married on 28 October 1947 at Springhill, Cumberland County
Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005682
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19475682
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cumberland
City, Town or Village Springhill
Street or Road MacDougall Street
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Higgs, Robert Ewart
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer 4. Kind of industry or business Service Station
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 20 7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin English
10. Residence Collingwood, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Collingwood, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Maxwell Higgs
13. Maiden name of mother Josephine Colborne
14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Dobson, Emma Jean
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk 17. Kind of industry or business Stationary Store
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 24 20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin English
23. Residence Elm Street, Springhill, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Elm Street, Springhill, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father Walter Dobson
26. Maiden name of mother Ida Mae Rushton
27. Birthplace Father New Brunswick Mother Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage October 28 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 90010
32. Signature of
Groom Robert Ewart Higgs
Bride Emma Jean Dobson
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name James H. Cottenden
Address Springhill, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
Name Mrs. J. C. Leadbeater
Address Springhill, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman Rev. J. C. Leadbeater
Address MacDougall Street, Springhill, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination United Church of Canada
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