Nova Scotia Archives

Nova Scotia Births, Marriages, and Deaths

Benjamin Graham MacSwain and Edith Lorrane Buell married on 25 October 1947 at Stellarton, Pictou County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006063

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.  19476063

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Pictou

  City, Town or Village Stellarton

  Street or Road Sharon St John Manse Acadia Ave.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full MacSwain, Benjamin Graham

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Carpenter   4. Kind of industry or business For Self

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 33   7. Religious denomination Presbyterian

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence So. Ford St, Stellarton, Pictou County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Murray River, Kings County, Prince Edward Island

12. Name of father Chester MacSwain

13. Maiden name of mother Effie Graham

14. Birthplace Father Prince Edward Island   Mother Prince Edward Island


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Buell, Edith Lorrane

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 30   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Murray Harbour, Kings County, Prince Edward Island

24. Place of birth Murray Harbour, Kings County, Prince Edward Island

25. Name of father Lorue Buell

26. Maiden name of mother Watsie Hume

27. Birthplace Father Prince Edward Island   Mother Prince Edward Island


28. Date of marriage October 25 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89688


32. Signature of

Groom Benjamin Graham MacSwain

Bride   Edith Lorrane Buell

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name William H. MacSwain

Address   Stellarton, Nova Scotia

Name Mabel MacSwain

Address   Stellarton, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman R. D. Macintosh

Address Box 510, Stellarton, Pictou 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=290903

Crown copyright © 2025, Province of Nova Scotia.