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Harold Burden and Geraldine Olive Sanford married on 25 July 1947 at Poplar Grove, Hants County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004698

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474698

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Hants

  City, Town or Village Poplar Grove

  Street or Road Home of Bride


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Burden, Harold

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Miner   4. Kind of industry or business Coal

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 24   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Pleasant St., Springhill, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Dominion No1, Cape Breton

12. Name of father Alexander Burden

13. Maiden name of mother Mae Beaton

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Sanford, Geraldine Olive

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Office Clerk   17. Kind of industry or business Dept. of Labor

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 23   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Poplar Grove (Newport) Hants County Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Poplar Grove, Hants County

25. Name of father Lafayette  Sanford

26. Maiden name of mother May Hanes

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage July 25 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88110


32. Signature of

Groom Harold Burden

Bride   Geraldine Olive Sanford

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Catherine Burden

Address   Springhill, Nova Scotia

Name Graham C. Sanford

Address   Poplar Grove, Hants County, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman E. Vincent Forbes

Address 81 King Street, Windsor, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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