Nova Scotia Archives

Nova Scotia Births, Marriages, and Deaths

Russell Eugene Bower and Elsie Blanche McKenney married on 29 October 1947 at Ingomar, Shelburne County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005701

Click to view and save (right-click) each image above for free or contact us to Buy certified paper copies.     |     Send a correction

Click to view and save (right-click) each image above for free or contact us to Buy certified paper copies.     |     Send a correction

note: transcription publicly contributed - please contact us with comments, errors or omisions

PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475701

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Shelburne

  City, Town or Village Ingomar

  Street or Road


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Bower, Russell Eugene

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Farming   4. Kind of industry or business Agriculture

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 25   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Upper Ohio, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Upper Ohio, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Marcus Morton Bower

13. Maiden name of mother Nova Scotia Ethel Dora

14. Birthplace Father Jones   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full McKenney, Elsie Blanche

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Housework   17. Kind of industry or business At Home

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 16   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Atlantic, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Atlantic, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Austen Benjamin MacKenney

26. Maiden name of mother Nova Scotia Dorothy Marie

27. Birthplace Father Perry   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage October 29 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89610


32. Signature of

Groom Russell Eugene Bower

Bride   Elsie Blanche McKenney

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Ronald Goulden

Address   Ingomar, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

Name Floris S. Acker

Address   Church Over, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. W. Lloyd Dalton

Address Ingomar, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination The United Church of Canada

Keyword Search looks for the "term" (one word or number works best) you type throughout the whole record. It is less accurate than the advanced search but it does let you search for age, religion, mother's maiden name, etc. if transcribed.

previous start a new search

       

Nova Scotia Archives — https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=290542

Crown copyright © 2025, Province of Nova Scotia.