Registration: Year: 1945 number: 129942
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
REGISTERED No. 129942
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax in City or Town Bedford
BRIDEGROOM
1. PRINT name in full Burgess, Ernest Garfield
2. Trade, profession of kind of work Canadian Army Kind of industry or business Sapper - RCE
3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 4. Age 33
5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada 6. Racial origin English
7. Residence Rockingham, Halifax County
8. Place of birth Upper Burlington, Hants County
9. Name of father Benson Burgess
10. Place of birth of father Lower Burlington, Hants County
11. Maiden name of mother Alma Brown
12. Can bridegroom read? Yes Write? Yes
BRIDE
13. PRINT name in full Brown, Lillian Eva
14. Trade, profession of kind of work Housework Kind of industry or business
15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 16. Age 25
17. Religious denomination Baptist 18. Racial origin English
19. Residence Brooklyn, Hants County
20. Place of birth Cheverie, Hants County
21. Name of father Gordon Brown
22. Place of birth of father Cheverie, Hants County
23. Maiden name of mother Myrtle Bryson
24. Can bride read? Yes Write? Yes
25. When married 13 day of January 1945
26. Place of marriage Bedford, Halifax County
27. By license or banns 75612
28. Signature of
Groom Ernest Garfield Burgess
Bride Lillian Eva Brown
29. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Robert A Burgess
Address Kearney Lake, Halifax County
Name Ada B Burgess
Address Kearney Lake, Halifax, County
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman Rev H H Blanchard
Address Bedford
Religious denomination United Church of Canada
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