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William Bernard Hand and Jennie Leah Palmer married on 20 December 1947 at Truro, Colchester County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006385

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476385

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Colchester

  City, Town or Village Truro

  Street or Road 119 Victoria St.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Hand, William Bernard

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Textile Worker   4. Kind of industry or business In Woollen Mill

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 28   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence 69 Pictou Road, Bible Hill, Truro, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth 615 Hudson St, Stellarton, Pictou County Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Edward Hand

13. Maiden name of mother Mary Brown

14. Birthplace Father Prince Edward Island   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Palmer, Jennie Leah

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Textile Worker   17. Kind of industry or business In Woollen Mill

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Divorced   19. Age 31   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship English   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 69 Pictou Road, Bible Hill, Truro, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Barnalswick, Yorkshire, England

25. Name of father William  Wills

26. Maiden name of mother Rebecca Leah

27. Birthplace Father England   Mother England


28. Date of marriage December 20 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 90231


32. Signature of

Groom William Bernard Hand

Bride   Jennie Leah Palmer

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Thelma Casson

Address   16 Muir St, Truro, Colchester County Nova Scotia

Name Augusta L. MacKean

Address   119 Victoria St., Truro, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman J. A. MacKean

Address 119 Victoria St., Truro, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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