Wow! Thanks to everyone for spending time with this record as well as the very helpful thoughts. Keen eye, Josie. Yes, it is an entry for the marriage of Thomas Hyslop Miller (1844-1924) and Helen/Ellen Jane Murphy (1848-1907) in Middle Musquodoboit Nova Scotia Oct 18, 1869. Helen/Ellen is likely my 2nd Great Aunt (the parents listed, James & Agnes Murphy likely my 3rd great grandparents). I did some digging. Reverend Robert Sedgewick was the minister at Methodist church at that time in Middle Musquodoboit; so that checks out. (Yes, Karen - the author's penmanship distinguishing between S and L is challenging). I agree that JA Archibald seems likely; I'm looking through census info for candidates in Middle Musquodoboit. Finally, I think I solved the first witness based on everyone's help. I looked through Jennie Reid's "Musquodoboit Pioneers" and it seems there was a William Henry Cumminger - grandson of an original Middle Musquodoboit settler who married a Ellen Jane Archibald - who was alive at the time of the wedding. Hence, WH Cumminger - seems to fit and I would never have guessed that surname. Many thx, Lyle.
