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Cyril Frederick Smith and Dorothy Gertrude Blackburn married on 13 September 1947 at Terence Bay, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004998

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474998

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Terence Bay

  Street or Road St. Paul's Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Smith, Cyril Frederick

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 22   7. Religious denomination Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Terence Bay, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Terence Bay, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father James William Smith

13. Maiden name of mother Evelyn Maude Slaunwhite

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Blackburn, Dorothy Gertrude

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 17   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Lower Prospect, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father George Lawrence Blackburn

26. Maiden name of mother Alfreda Gertrude Bremner

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage September 13 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 22759


32. Signature of

Groom Cyril Frederick Smith

Bride   Dorothy Gertrude Blackburn

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Charles Earl Smith

Address   Terence Bay, Nova Scotia

Name Edna Frances Slaunwhite

Address   65 1/2 Market Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Gordon

Address P,O, Box 49, Armdale, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England

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