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Donald Clair Yorke and Verna Irene Miller married on 12 July 1947 at Stewiacke, Colchester County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003775

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473775

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Colchester

  City, Town or Village Stewiacke

  Street or Road St. Andrews Manse


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Yorke, Donald Clair

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Laborer   4. Kind of industry or business Lumbering

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 19   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence Alton, Col.Co., Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Oxford, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Angus Alexander Yorke

13. Maiden name of mother Ethel Bardon

14. Birthplace Father Parrsboro, Nova Scotia   Mother New Brunswick


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Miller, Verna Irene

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   17. Kind of industry or business Life Insurance

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 18   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch

23. Residence Alton, Col. County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Alton, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Fairbanks Miller

26. Maiden name of mother Reta Belle Sibley

27. Birthplace Father Moose River, Nova Scotia   Mother Alton, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage July 12 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88029


32. Signature of

Groom Donald Clair Yorke

Bride   Verna Irene Miller

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Beulah T. Miller

Address   Alton, Col. County, Nova Scotia

Name Howard T. Creelman

Address   Upper Stewiacke, Col.Co., Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman J. Allison Fraser

Address Stewiacke, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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