FIFE - SMITH marriage

["Eric Keys" <Eric_Keys_uid84@yahoogroups.invalid>]

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PANB marriage registrations
Number: 1736 Ref: B4/1918 Microfilm: F15976
Groom: FIFE, Bennie Hills, 26, b, miner, Methodist
living Nelson BC, born [New] Canaan NS
s/o James & Frances Fife
and
Bride: SMITH, Margaret Jane, 22, s, Methodist
living Parrsboro, born Parrsboro
d/o Henry & Alberta Smith
married 1918-04-09 Moncton NB (lic # 88)
before J W McMurdo, Helen E Fitzpatrick
by Percy A Fitzpatrick, Moncton NB
[collected by EMKeys 2011-01-09]
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This one is giving me a little trouble as I have their first two sons
(Bennie & Ross) born in 1911 and 1914. The marriage certificate says
that Margaret was only 22 when married (I think she was 28), so Bennie
would've been born, if we use age 22 in 1918, when she was 16. I have
her birth date as 01-June-1890 from the '01 Parrsboro census.

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Automated Genealogy version
1901 Cumberland Co census, Parrsboro, # 55, SMITH:
55 Smith, Henry M Head M Nov 3 1851 49
55 Smith, Alfretta F Wife M Mar 23 1853 47
(Alveretta)
55 Smith, Sarah F Daughter S Oct 17 1882 18
(Sarah Elizabeth)
55 Smith, Robert M Son S Feb 10 1887 14 (Robert
Kenneth)
***55 Smith, Magga F Daughter S Jun 1 1890 10***
(Margaret Jane)
55 Smith, Harry M Son S Jun 1 1890 10 (Harry
Morton)
55 Smith, Catherine F Daughter S Jun 1 1894 06
55 Smith, Sarah F Daughter S Jun 1 1894 06 (Leah)
55 Smith, Everett M Son S Feb 11 1898 03
(Everett Angus)
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Two sisters, Lucy Diane b 1885-05-05 and Jennie Blanche b 1888-05-06 are
missing from this family listing together with 5 older siblings (Clara,
Stewart Adam, Mary Alice, Alma Josephine & Hubert).

Was Maggie just trying to be younger than her hubby?


Eric