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Lester Charles Kerr and Barbara Elaine Sanford married on 11 December 1946 at Burlington, Hants County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 143348

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  143348

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Hants in City or Town Burlington

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Kerr, Lester Charles

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Chauffeur   Kind of industry or business

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 21

5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   6. Racial origin Scottish

7. Residence Mount Uniacke

8. Place of birth USA

9. Name of father Frank McLean Kerr

10. Place of birth of father Musquodoboit

11. Maiden name of mother Mary Rockwell

12. Can bridegroom read? yes   Write? yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Sanford, Barbara Elaine

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Domestic   Kind of industry or business

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 18

17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   18. Racial origin Scottish

19. Residence Centre Burlington

20. Place of birth Riverside

21. Name of father Melbourne Sanford

22. Place of birth of father Lower Burlington

23. Maiden name of mother Eva Gertrude Sanford

24. Can bride read? yes   Write? yes


25. When married 11 day of December 1946

26. Place of marriage United Church Parsonage Burlington, Hants County

27. By license or banns 79253

28. Signature of

Groom Lester Charles Kerr

Bride   Barbara Elaine Sanford

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Dorothy Gertrude Rhodes

Address  Centre Burlington

Name Lester G. Sanford

Address  Centre Burlington

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

Officiating Clergyman C.H.C. MacLanan

Address Centre Burlington

Religious denomination United Church of Canada


Divorce attached:

According to a certified copy of the Decree Absolute for Divorce dated 1974-- and filed in the Office of the Registrar General under Divorce number 74-02-002261, it is ordered that the marriage of Lester Charles Kerr and Barbara Elaine Sanford (Registered under marriage number 1946-143348) be null and void.

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