Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005140
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19475140
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax
City, Town or Village Halifax
Street or Road St. Marks Church
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Lilly, Edgar
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Fisherman 4. Kind of industry or business Fishing
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widowed 6. Age 27 7. Religious denomination Church of England
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin English
10. Residence 37 Gerrish St. Halifax, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Newfoundland
12. Name of father George Lilly
13. Maiden name of mother Charlotte Strickland
14. Birthplace Father Newfoundland Mother Newfoundland
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Matthews, Cora Beatrice
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Laundress 17. Kind of industry or business Laundry
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 20 20. Religious denomination Church of England
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin English
23. Residence 37 Gerris St., Halifax, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Newfoundland
25. Name of father Archibald Matthews
26. Maiden name of mother Dinah Stuart
27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland Mother Newfoundland
28. Date of marriage September 24 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89377
32. Signature of
Groom Edgar Lilly
Bride Cora Beatrice Matthews
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Pauline Sarah Shane
Address 123 Cunard St., Halifax
Name Herbert Lilly
Address 20 Clifton St., Halifax
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman W. W. Clarkson
Address 87 Russell St., Halifax, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Church of England
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