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Gerald Nelson Smith and Evelyn Baker May married on 5 April 1947 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002194

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472194

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road St. Andrew United Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Smith, Gerald Nelson

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Banker   4. Kind of industry or business Royal Bank

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 36   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Dorchester III Sydney, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth East Apple River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father George Whitfield Smith

13. Maiden name of mother Sarah Gertrude Henderson

14. Birthplace Father Young's Cove Road, New Brunswick   Mother Pennfield, New Brunswick


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full May, Evelyn Baker

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Widowed   19. Age 29   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English Scottish

23. Residence Rigby Rd., Sydney, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Sydney, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Gordon Baxter Richmond

26. Maiden name of mother Edith Florence Butcher

27. Birthplace Father Moncton, New Brunswick   Mother Halifax, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage April 5 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 86919


32. Signature of

Groom Gerald Nelson Smith

Bride   Evelyn Baker May

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name

Address  

Name

Address  

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

Officiating Clergyman

Address

Religious denomination

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