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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19471490

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Preston

  Street or Road Baptist Church

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Sparks, Douglas Lawrence

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 23   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin African

10. Residence Cherrybrook, Dartmouth

11. Place of birth Cherrybrook P.O. Dartmouth

12. Name of father William Sparks

13. Maiden name of mother Cherrybrook, Halifax Bertha

14. Birthplace Father Riley   Mother Cherrybrook, Halifax

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Taylor, Edna May

16. Trade, profession of kind of work house maid   17. Kind of industry or business

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced spinster   19. Age 24   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Baptist

23. Residence Prestpn

24. Place of birth Preston P.O. Preston

25. Name of father H George Taylor

26. Maiden name of mother Preston, Nova Scotia Levina

27. Birthplace Father Diggs   Mother Preston, Nova Scotia

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28. Date of marriage February 4 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 86361

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32. Signature of

Groom Douglas Lawrence Sparks

Bride   Edna May Taylor

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Walter Sparks

Address   Dartmouth P.O.

Name Wilahemina Riley

Address   Dartmouth P.O.

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. A.A. Wyse

Address Dartmouth, P.O. Halifax County

Religious denomination Baptist

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