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Ronald Lawrence Bishop and Eva May Douthwrite married on 29 November 1947 at Amherst, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006595

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476595

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Amherst

  Street or Road


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Bishop, Ronald Lawrence

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Brick Layer   4. Kind of industry or business Construction

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

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish & Irish

10. Residence Moncton, New Brunswick

11. Place of birth Chipman, Queens County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father rudolph Bishop

13. Maiden name of mother Ida Chase

14. Birthplace Father New Brunswick   Mother New Brunswick


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Douthwrite, Eva May

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 25   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin english

23. Residence 11 Arncliffe Street, Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

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

25. Name of father Whitfield Douthwrite

26. Maiden name of mother Annie May Thompson

27. Birthplace Father New Brunswick   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage November 29 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89845


32. Signature of

Groom Ronald Lawrence Bishop

Bride   Eva May Douthwrite

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Floyd Glenwood Bishop

Address   Chipman, Queens County, Nova Scotia

Name Jean Margaret Douthwrite

Address   11 Arncliffe Street, Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman J. Earle Sheehey

Address 53 Havelock Street, Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England

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