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Edmund Walter Blackburn and Flora Rachel Cornact married on 19 October 1946 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 14229

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  14229

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road St. Agnes Church, Mumford Rd.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Blackburn, Edmund Walter

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Nursing Orderly Intern   4. Kind of industry or business Camp Hill Hospital

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 22   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 96 Connolly St. Halifax

11. Place of birth Halifax

12. Name of father William Blackburn

13. Maiden name of mother Agnes Gertrude Merlin

14. Birthplace Father Halifax   Mother Halifax


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Cornact, Flora Rachel

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Maid   17. Kind of industry or business Housework

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

21. Citizenship Newfoundland   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 94 Connolly St. Halifax

24. Place of birth St. George, Newfoundland

25. Name of father John Baptist Cornact

26. Maiden name of mother Margaret Chiasson

27. Birthplace Father Cape St. George, Newfoundland   Mother Cape St. George, Newfoundland


28. Date of marriage October 19 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom Edmund Walter Blackburn

Bride   Flora Rachel Cornact

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Donald J. Blackburn

Address   94 Connolly St. Halifax

Name Mrs. Margaret Parsons

Address   122 Gottingen St. Halifax

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

Officiating Clergyman Louis L. Graham

Address St. Agnes Church, Halifax

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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