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Gilbert Pugsley Ripley marries Maria Amelia Shipley in 1870. As they were underage, they required a guarantor. That was Robert William Ripley, husband, of Amherst, Gilbert's uncle. Referred to as 'William' in the document (but not the signature), Robert William was required to post a bond of 200 pounds. As Gilbert later left Maria, we wonder what became of that bond. Gilbert was named after another uncle, Gilbert Pugsley, who donated 500 pounds for the construction of the very church
which Gilbert was married in. Copied from the original in the Nova Scotia archives.
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