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William Russel Wilkie and Sophia Elmith Sereda Heisler married on 20 June 1947 at Lunenburg, Lunenburg County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003260

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473260

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Lunenburg

  City, Town or Village Lunenburg

  Street or Road Zions Lutheran Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Wilkie, William Russel

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Fish Handler   4. Kind of industry or business Fishing Processors

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widowed   6. Age 64   7. Religious denomination Lutheran

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish- German

10. Residence Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Middle LaHave, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Simeon Wilkie

13. Maiden name of mother Matilda Corkum

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Heisler, Sophia Elmith Sereda

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Widowed   19. Age 65   20. Religious denomination None denominational

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin German

23. Residence Lunenburg Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Blue Rocks Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Edward Miller

26. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth  Myra

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage June 20 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87449


32. Signature of

Groom William Russel Wilkie

Bride   Sophia Elmith Sereda Heisler

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Willie Byers

Address   Lunenburg Nova Scotia

Name Winnie Byers

Address   Lunenburg Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman L.G. Bald

Address Lunenburg Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Lutheran

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