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Walter Henry Travis and Cora Annie Taylor married on 16 December 1947 at Amherst, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006853

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476853

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Amherst

  Street or Road 14 South Adelaide Street


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Travis, Walter Henry

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widowed   6. Age 72   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 14 Princess St., Amherst, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Brookdale, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Gilbert Travis

13. Maiden name of mother Carrie Dernier

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother New Brunswick


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Taylor, Cora Annie

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Widowed   19. Age 69   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 14 Princess St., Amherst, Nova Scotia

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

25. Name of father Gilbert Corbett

26. Maiden name of mother Kezia Barnes

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage December 16 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89849


32. Signature of

Groom Walter Henry Travis

Bride   Cora Annie Taylor

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Margaret Ann MacLeod

Address   5 1/2 So.Adelaide St. Amherst, Nova Scotia

Name Jessie C. Langille

Address   14 So.Adelaide St., Amherst, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Warren L. Langille

Address 14 So. Adelaide St., Amherst, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination The United Church of Canada

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