Registration: Year: 1945 number: 13236
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
REGISTERED No. 13236
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax in City or Town Halifax
BRIDEGROOM
1. PRINT name in full Yake, Earl William
2. Trade, profession of kind of work Stwd. in Navy Kind of industry or business Seaman
3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 4. Age 24
5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada 6. Racial origin Irish
7. Residence 468 Montrose Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
8. Place of birth Toronto, Ontario
9. Name of father Charles Yake
10. Place of birth of father Aurora, Ontario
11. Maiden name of mother Lilly Hawkett
12. Can bridegroom read? Yes Write? Yes
BRIDE
13. PRINT name in full Burke, Theresa Mary
14. Trade, profession of kind of work Packer Kind of industry or business Storehouse
15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 16. Age 24
17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic 18. Racial origin French
19. Residence River Bourgeois, Richmond County, Cape Breton
20. Place of birth River Bourgeois, Richmond County, Cape Breton
21. Name of father John Patrick Burke
22. Place of birth of father Thibeuville, Richmond County, Cape Breton
23. Maiden name of mother Elvènee Beranger
24. Can bride read? Yes Write? Yes
25. When married 26 day of June 1945
26. Place of marriage St. Mary's Glebe Halifax, Halifax County
27. By license or banns 77750
28. Signature of
Groom Earl William Yake
Bride Theresa Mary Burke
29. Signatures of Witnesses
Name John E. Billingsby
Address 98 Victoria Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Name Lillian Prendergast
Address 2 Tobin Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman John T. Quinn
Address St. Mary's Cathedral, Halifax
Religious denomination Roman Catholic
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