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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472207

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road 360 Barrington Street

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Hopton, Albert Edward

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Able Seaman   4. Kind of industry or business Merchant Marine

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 24   7. Religious denomination Church of England

8. Citizenship English   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 32 Morris Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth England

12. Name of father Daniel Hopton

13. Maiden name of mother Sarah Anne Alous

14. Birthplace Father England   Mother England

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Devoe, Cecilia Hilda

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Waitress   17. Kind of industry or business Hotel

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin French

23. Residence 113 South Park Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Little Bras d'Or, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Harold Devoe

26. Maiden name of mother Charlotte Alma Jalotta

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia

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28. Date of marriage April 8 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 86858

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32. Signature of

Groom Albert Edward Hopton

Bride   Cecilia Hilda Devoe

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Gerald Hiltz

Address   434 Robie Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Virginia Deveau

Address   151 Barrington Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman James Manville

Address St. Mary's Catholic Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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