Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006661
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19476661
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Pictou
City, Town or Village Westville
Street or Road North Main Drive
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Fraser, John Alfred
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Miner 4. Kind of industry or business Coal
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 23 7. Religious denomination Presbyterian
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Scottish
10. Residence Thorburn, Pictou Co, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Thorburn, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Donald Allan Fraser
13. Maiden name of mother Carrie Tufts MacGillivray
14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Johnstone, Edith Cavell
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk 17. Kind of industry or business Retail Grocery
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 27 20. Religious denomination Presbyterian
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Scotch
23. Residence Thorburn, Pictou Co, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Thorburn, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father David Irving Johnstone
26. Maiden name of mother Catherine Marion MacKay
27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage August 14 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88767
32. Signature of
Groom John Alfred Fraser
Bride Edith Cavell Johnstone
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Mrs Fraser Johnstone
Address Thorburn, Nova Scotia
Name Fraser Johnstone
Address Thorburn, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman Neil M. Raltee
Address St Paul's United Church, Westville, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination The United Church of Canada
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