Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003210
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19473210
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax
City, Town or Village Armdale
Street or Road Saint James Church
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Sheffield, Merrill Roy
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Leading Stoker 4. Kind of industry or business R.C.N.
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 27 7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin English
10. Residence Advocate Harbour Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Advocate, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father John Miller Sheffield
13. Maiden name of mother Marie Constance Elliofil
14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Atkinson, Ardis Jean
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Office Clerk 17. Kind of industry or business Retail
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 20 20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin English
23. Residence Advocate Harbour, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Apple River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father George Hibbert Atkinson
26. Maiden name of mother Evelyn Davison Shirley
27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage June 5 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 83806
32. Signature of
Groom Merrill Roy Sheffield
Bride Ardis Jean Atkinson
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Muriel Pearle Atkinson
Address Advocate Harbour Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
Name Scott Albert Sheffield
Address Advocate Harbour, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman C.O. Hoen
Address St. James Rectory, Armdale, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Church of Nielsu
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