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Lewis Martin Adams and Delphine Margaret Duffney married on 2 May 1946 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 13717

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  13717

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road Christ Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Adams, Lewis Martin

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Soldier   4. Kind of industry or business Provost Corps

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 26   7. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Enfield, Hants Co

11. Place of birth Lunenburg County

12. Name of father Norman Adams

13. Maiden name of mother Josephine Rafuse

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Duffney, Delphine Margaret

16. Trade, profession of kind of work At Home   17. Kind of industry or business House work

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 20   20. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 416 Townsend Street, Sydney

24. Place of birth Cape Breton

25. Name of father William Duffney

26. Maiden name of mother Catherine Hulford

27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage May 2 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 82026


32. Signature of

Groom Lewis Martin Adams

Bride   Delphine Margaret Duffney

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mary Hughes MacDonald

Address   4 Terrace Street, Sydney

Name Reggie Duffney

Address   416 Townsend St, Sydney

I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Officiating Clergyman F. R. Holborow

Address 793 George Street, Sydney

Religious denomination Church of England

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