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Lyle Ernest Davis and Margaret Christina Holmes married on 7 May 1947 at Shelburne, Shelburne County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002339

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472339

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Shelburne

  City, Town or Village Shelburne

  Street or Road Mowatt St.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Davis, Lyle Ernest

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 25   7. Religious denomination Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Jordan Ferry, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Jordan Ferry, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father William Eldridge Davis

13. Maiden name of mother Winnifred Firth

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Holmes, Margaret Christina

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   17. Kind of industry or business Retail

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 17   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Lower Sandy Point, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Lower Sandy Point, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father John McGowan Holmes

26. Maiden name of mother Sadie Lyle

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage May 7 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89446


32. Signature of

Groom Lyle Ernest Davis

Bride   Margaret Christina Holmes

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name William Roy Davis

Address   Jordan Ferry, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

Name Leona Jean Rose

Address   Sandy Point, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. G. F. Seymour

Address Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England

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