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George Henry Jeffs and Lavona Fern Nelson married on 3 July 1947 at Springhill, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003526

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473526

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Springhill

  Street or Road St. David's Presbyterian Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Jeffs, George Henry

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk (Office)   4. Kind of industry or business Dominion Government

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 26   7. Religious denomination Anglican

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 409 Merton St. Toronto 12. Ontario

11. Place of birth Toronto, Ontario

12. Name of father Henry Stephen Jeffs

13. Maiden name of mother Edyth Mary Prickett

14. Birthplace Father London, England   Mother Wales


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Nelson, Lavona Fern

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Secretary   17. Kind of industry or business St. John's Ambulance BDE

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 24   20. Religious denomination Presbyterian

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Morris St. Springhill, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Springhill Nova Scotia Cumberland County

25. Name of father Douglas Roy Nelson

26. Maiden name of mother Le Ella MacDiarmid

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage July 3 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88106


32. Signature of

Groom George Henry Jeffs

Bride   Lavona Fern Nelson

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name William Victor Lodge

Address   44 Le Marchant St. Halifax Nova Scotia

Name Kathleen Y. Lodge

Address   44 Le Marchant St. Halifax

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. W.A. MacKinnon

Address Box 150 Springhill Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Presbyterian

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