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Edwin Bobbett and Margaret Lillian Ford married on 7 July 1947 at Glace Bay, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003504

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473504

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Glace Bay

  Street or Road St. Mary's Church, Commercial St.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Bobbett, Edwin

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Truck Driver   4. Kind of industry or business

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

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 3 Atlantic St. Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Great Jervois, Newfoundland

12. Name of father Arthur Bobbett

13. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Skennei

14. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Ford, Margaret Lillian

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 16   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 47 Log Row, Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father William Thomas Ford

26. Maiden name of mother Jessie Wheling

27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Glace Bay, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage July 7 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87605


32. Signature of

Groom Edwin Bobbett

Bride   Margaret Lillian Ford

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Edward McLean

Address   Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

Name Catherine Sakey

Address   Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman J. Crewe

Address St. Mary's Rectory, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England in Canada


Divorce attached:

According to a certified copy of the Decree Absolute for Divorce dated -- and filed in the Office of the Registrar General under Divorce number 74-02-001895, it is ordered that the marriage of Edwin Bobbett and Margaret Lillian Ford (Registered under marriage number 1947-19473504) be null and void.

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