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Harry Leigh Decker and Eva Mae Gavel married on 2 September 1947 at Canaan, Yarmouth County
Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005102
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19475102
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Yarmouth
City, Town or Village Canaan
Street or Road Home of Andrew Gavel
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Decker, Harry Leigh
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Fisherman 4. Kind of industry or business Private Owner
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 18 7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Dutch
10. Residence Matthew’s Point, Shelbourne County, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Matthew’s Point, Shel. County, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Clayton Beaumont Decker
13. Maiden name of mother Athea Ringer
14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Gavel, Eva Mae
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Domestic 17. Kind of industry or business At home
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 18 20. Religious denomination Baptist
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Dutch
23. Residence Canaan, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Kemptville, Yar.Co., Nova Scotia
25. Name of father Andrew Wittiam Gavel
26. Maiden name of mother Myra Violet Hurlbert
27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage September 2 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88677
32. Signature of
Groom Harry Leigh Decker
Bride Eva Mae Gavel
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Warren Allen
Address Allendale, Shelburne County
Name Clifford Linkham
Address Box 1033, 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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