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Harold Wilbert Lake and Madeline Fern Allen married on 24 May 1947 at Amherst, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005104

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475104

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Amherst

  Street or Road 53 Havelock St.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Lake, Harold Wilbert

3. Trade, profession of kind of work War Pensioner   4. Kind of industry or business

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

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Fox River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Harry Lake

13. Maiden name of mother Jessie  Smith

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Allen, Madeline Fern

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

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Fox River, cumberland County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Roland Allen

26. Maiden name of mother Ruby  McCully

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage May 24 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87652


32. Signature of

Groom Harold Wilbert Lake

Bride   Madeline Fern Allen

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Kenneth William McCarthy

Address   74 Heckman St., Amherst, Nova Scotia

Name Grace K. Sheely

Address   53 Havelock St., Amherst, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman J. Earle Sheely

Address 53 Havelock St., Amherst, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England

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