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Harold James Best and Frances Vivian Gardner married on 3 October 1946 at Lunenburg, Lunenburg County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 141530

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  141530

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Lunenburg

  City, Town or Village Lunenburg

  Street or Road St. John`s


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Best, Harold James

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widowed   6. Age 44   7. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence St. Lukes Rectory, Woodstock, New Brunswick

11. Place of birth England

12. Name of father William Edward Best

13. Maiden name of mother Emily Evans

14. Birthplace Father England   Mother England


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Gardner, Frances Vivian

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Music Teacher   17. Kind of industry or business Music

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 30   20. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Lunenburg

24. Place of birth Lunenburg, N. Scotia

25. Name of father Mebourne Martin Gardner

26. Maiden name of mother Minnie Belle Smith

27. Birthplace Father Brooklyn, Queens   Mother Lunenburg


28. Date of marriage October 3 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 82803


32. Signature of

Groom Harold James Best

Bride   Frances Vivian Gardner

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name H. Highland

Address   Bedford

Name Marion Lightfoot

Address   Bedford

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

Officiating Clergyman Ralph G. Fowlon

Address Lunenburg

Religious denomination Ch. of England

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