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Wilson Edward Skanes and Lillian Mae Hayes married on 26 August 1946 at Glace Bay, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 140340

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  140340

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Glace Bay

  Street or Road St. Mary's Church, Commercial St.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Skanes, Wilson Edward

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer   4. Kind of industry or business Town

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 23   7. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 148 International St., Passchendaele, Glace Bay

11. Place of birth Glace Bay, Cape Breton

12. Name of father Edward Skanes

13. Maiden name of mother Annie Anthony

14. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Hayes, Lillian Mae

16. Trade, profession of kind of work at home   17. Kind of industry or business

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 21   20. Religious denomination Pentecostal

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 132 Sterling Rd., Glace Bay, Cape Breton

24. Place of birth Glace Bay, Cape Breton

25. Name of father Gladstone Hayes

26. Maiden name of mother Julia Thistle

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Newfoundland


28. Date of marriage August 26 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 82778


32. Signature of

Groom Wilson Edward Skanes

Bride   Lillian Mae Hayes

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Alfred Roberts

Address   Glace Bay

Name Rita Marie Morrison

Address   Glace Bay

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

Officiating Clergyman J. Crewe

Address St. Mary's Rectory, Glace Bay

Religious denomination Church of England in Canada

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