Family:Ernest Brooks and Clara Reid (1)

Nova Scotia Marriage Registration

Year: 1920 Book: 42 Page: 39 County: Pictou Municipality: New Glasgow

Name of groom: Brooks, Ernest Walter Occupation: Traveling salesman Marital status: Bachelor Age: 50 Religion: Church of England Residence: New Glasgow, Nova Scotia Where born: Brantford, Ontario Father: Lyman Henry Brooks Where born: England Mother: Mary Anne Blinn Can read? Yes Can write? Yes

Name of bride: Reid, Clara Eva Occupation: Marital status: Spinster Age: 50 Religion: Presbyterian Father: Andrew Reid Where born: Carapaud, PEI Mother: Annie Howat Can read? Yes Can write? Yes

Date of marriage:9 Nov 1920 Place of marriage:A. A. Clay's house, East River Road, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia License or banns:L Witnesses: Mrs. Agnes Osborne, New Glasgow W. W. Osborne, New Glasgow Clergy: E. H. Ramsay New Glasgow, Nova Scotia Presbyterian Date of return: 13 Nov 1920

NOTE: There are two glaring errors in this registration. Clara was not 50 - rather, on 19 Jan 1921 (two months later) she would have celebrated her 65th birthday. This is confirmed from several sources: Baptismal record, several census records and her death registration in 1946. Also, her father Andrew Reid was not born in Crapaud, PEI, rather it was her mother who was born there. Her father was born in Ireland and immigrated to Canada in 1830.

1. ↑ Nova Scotia Marriage Registration , 1920, Book 42, Page 39.