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Wilfred Leonard Aitkins and Ernestine Adeline Dexter married on 30 August 1947 at Yarmouth, Yarmouth County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004593

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474593

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Yarmouth

  City, Town or Village Yarmouth

  Street or Road Temple Parsonage 5 William St.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Aitkins, Wilfred Leonard

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer   4. Kind of industry or business Yarmouth Cold Storage

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 24   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Yarmouth South, Main St. 160

11. Place of birth Yarmouth

12. Name of father Wilfred Aitkins

13. Maiden name of mother Anncelia Muise

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Dexter, Ernestine Adeline

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Hairdresser   17. Kind of industry or business Hairdressing

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Rockville, Yar.Co., Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Rockville

25. Name of father Charles  Dexter

26. Maiden name of mother Dorothy Smith

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage August 30 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88778


32. Signature of

Groom Wilfred Leonard Aitkins

Bride   Ernestine Adeline Dexter

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Pauline Lecavalier

Address   11 Prince St. Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Name Catherine Aitkins

Address   160 Main St. Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. George R. Bell

Address Box 25 Yarmouth South, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Baptist

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