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Wilfred Maidment and Jessie Ashford married on 30 July 1947 at Glace Bay, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003858

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473858

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Glace Bay

  Street or Road 53 Fifth St.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Maidment, Wilfred

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer   4. Kind of industry or business Unemployed

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

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 422 Hay Street, Table Head, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father George Maidment

13. Maiden name of mother Bessie Taylor

14. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Ashford, Jessie

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

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Neils Harbour, Victoria County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Neils Harbour, Victoria County, N .S.

25. Name of father William Ashford

26. Maiden name of mother Margaret Seymour

27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Neils Harbour Victoria County, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage July 30 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87613


32. Signature of

Groom Wilfred Maidment

Bride   Jessie Ashford

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mary Ashford

Address   Neils Harbour

Name Ernest Maidment

Address   523 Hay St. Glace Bay

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

Officiating Clergyman Walter McN. Matthews

Address 53 Fifth St. New Aberdeen, Glace Bay Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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