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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  143140

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road 19 Hankard St., Sydney

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Desmond, Herbert Emanuel

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Yard Laborer   4. Kind of industry or business Dominion Steel & Coal County

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 25   7. Religious denomination African Orthodox

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Negroid Black

10. Residence 115 Tupper Street, Sydney

11. Place of birth Sydney, Canada

12. Name of father Frank Howard Desmond

13. Maiden name of mother Annie Borden

14. Birthplace Father Guysborough, N.S>   Mother Truro

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Oakes, Hilda Minerva

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 22   20. Religious denomination Salvation Army

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 33 Brookside Street, Sydney

24. Place of birth Glace Bay, Canada

25. Name of father John Cayword Oakes

26. Maiden name of mother Elizar Harney

27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland

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28. Date of marriage December 10 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 84475

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32. Signature of

Groom Herbert Emanuel Desmond

Bride   Hilda Minerva Oakes

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Egbert Best

Address   68 Tupper St., Sydney

Name Mary Best

Address   68 Tupper St., Sydney

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. F. George Fleuvis

Address 19 Hankard Street, Sydney

Religious denomination African Orthodox Church

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