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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476531

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Amherst

  Street or Road

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Slighter Jr., Ralph Garfield

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Brakeman   4. Kind of industry or business NY Central Railroad

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 22   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship American   9. Racial origin English & Dutch

10. Residence 19 Long Avenue, Hamburg, New York State, USA

11. Place of birth New York State, USA

12. Name of father Ralph Garfield Slighter Sr.

13. Maiden name of mother Viva Marie Baker (Westervelt)

14. Birthplace Father New Jersey State, USA   Mother New York State, USA

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Troop, Lorraine Ladona

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 22   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence St. Havelock Street, Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Midgic, Westmoreland County, New Brunswick

25. Name of father Earnest Frederick Troop

26. Maiden name of mother Clara Eugenie Beal

27. Birthplace Father New Brunswick   Mother New Brunswick

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28. Date of marriage September 18 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89315

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32. Signature of

Groom Ralph Garfield Slighter Jr.

Bride   Lorraine Ladona Troop

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Alfred Reeves Slighter

Address   19 Long Avenue, Hamburg, New York, USA

Name Eleanor Ruth Mason

Address   1 Kimball Road, Woburn, Massachusetts, USA

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

Officiating Clergyman illegible

Address Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Baptist

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