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Arthur Buz Riley and Ida Paris married on 22 November 1947 at Amherst, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006073

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476073

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Amherst

  Street or Road Highland A.M.E. Church 35 Poplar St.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Riley, Arthur Buz

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer   4. Kind of industry or business Coal

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 27   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin African

10. Residence 171 Creighton Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Preston, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Arthur Riley

13. Maiden name of mother Lena Kane

14. Birthplace Father Preston, Halifax County   Mother Preston, Halifax County


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Paris, Ida

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 28   20. Religious denomination Methodist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin African

23. Residence 52 East Pleasant Street, Amherst, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Amherst, Cumberland County, Amherst, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Fred Martin

26. Maiden name of mother Annie Paris

27. Birthplace Father Amherst Cumberland County   Mother Boston, Mass. USA


28. Date of marriage November 22 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89976


32. Signature of

Groom Arthur Buz Riley

Bride   Ida Paris

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Merle

Address   176 Creighton St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Helen M. Martin

Address   171 Creighton St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Samuel

Address 35 Poplar St., Amherst, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination African

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