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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