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Alfred Ewart Cummings and Myrtle Joan Harris married on 18 September 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004960

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474960

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road St. Davids Presbyterian Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Cummings, Alfred Ewart

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   4. Kind of industry or business Railway D.A.R.

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

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 125 Cunard St., Halifax

11. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Alfred Graham Cummings

13. Maiden name of mother Mayzod Burgess Morris

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Harris, Myrtle Joan

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 21   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship British   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 125 Cunard St., Halifax

24. Place of birth England

25. Name of father Arthur Harris

26. Maiden name of mother Beatrice Day

27. Birthplace Father England   Mother England


28. Date of marriage September 18 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89380


32. Signature of

Groom Alfred Ewart Cummings

Bride   Myrtle Joan Harris

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name C. Bates

Address   25 Lawrence St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Illegible

Address   44 Le Marchant St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Frank Lawson

Address 46 Oakland Rd.

Religious denomination Presbyterian

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