Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005970
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19475970
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Digby
City, Town or Village Digby
Street or Road United Church Parsonage Prince William Street
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Handspiker, George Franklyn
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Truck Driver 4. Kind of industry or business
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 19 7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin English
10. Residence Mt. Pleasant, Digby County
11. Place of birth Mt. Pleasant, Digby County
12. Name of father Frank Handspiker
13. Maiden name of mother Margaret Louise Nailing
14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Cleaves, Shirley Lorraine
16. Trade, profession of kind of work 17. Kind of industry or business At home
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 21 20. Religious denomination Anglican
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin English
23. Residence Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County
24. Place of birth Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County
25. Name of father George Harris Cleaves
26. Maiden name of mother Bessie Margaret Rawding
27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Mass. USA
28. Date of marriage November 15 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89559
32. Signature of
Groom George Franklyn Handspiker
Bride Shirley Lorraine Cleaves
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name William Samuel Hersey
Address Culloden
Name Ruby Violet Hutchins
Address Rossway
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman Thomas W. Hodgson
Address Digby, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination The United Church of Canada
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