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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476104

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Preston

  Street or Road United Baptist Church

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Riley, Arthur

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widowed   6. Age 54   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin African

10. Residence Westphal, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Westphal, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father William  Riley

13. Maiden name of mother Maggie Smith

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

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Downey, Catherine

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Widowed   19. Age 60   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin African

23. Residence Westphal, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Preston, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Jhon Jhonson

26. Maiden name of mother Martha Williams

27. Birthplace Father Preston, Nova Scotia   Mother Preston, Nova Scotia

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28. Date of marriage November 18 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89998

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32. Signature of

Groom Arthur Riley

Bride   Catherine Downey

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name William Sparks

Address   Dartmouth

Name Clara Brooks

Address   Preston, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. A. A. Wyse

Address Dartmouth

Religious denomination Baptist

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