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Joseph Grant Slack and Jean Lillian Reid married on 25 October 1947 at Glenholme, Colchester County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005890

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475890

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Colchester

  City, Town or Village Glenholme

  Street or Road United Church Manse


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Slack, Joseph Grant

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Truck Driver   4. Kind of industry or business Truck Driver

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 23   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Debert, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth East Folly Mountain, Col.Co., Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Leonard Forester Slack

13. Maiden name of mother Stella Totten

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Canada   Mother Nova Scotia, Canada


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Reid, Jean Lillian

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Restaurant Waitress   17. Kind of industry or business

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 25   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence EastvMines, Col.Co., Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth East Mines, Col.Co., Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Richard Curns Reid

26. Maiden name of mother Bertha Rood

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia, Canad   Mother Nova Scotia, Canada


28. Date of marriage October 25 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89915


32. Signature of

Groom Joseph Grant Slack

Bride   Jean Lillian Reid

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Frances Forman

Address   Debert, Nova Scotia

Name Paul Forman

Address   Debert, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman M. R. Ewing

Address Glenholme, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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