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Norman Clifton Earl Sleep and Helen Elizabeth Varner married on 14 October 1947 at New Germany, Lunenburg County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005260

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475260

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Lunenburg

  City, Town or Village New Germany

  Street or Road St. John in the Wilderness


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Sleep, Norman Clifton Earl

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Student   4. Kind of industry or business Dental Surgery

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 23   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin England

10. Residence Wolfville, Kings County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Greenwich, Kings County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Harry Sleep

13. Maiden name of mother Marguerite Trethewey

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Varner, Helen Elizabeth

16. Trade, profession of kind of work None   17. Kind of industry or business At Home

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin German

23. Residence New Germany, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth New Germany, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father  Varner

26. Maiden name of mother Louise Fanady

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage October 14 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89239


32. Signature of

Groom Norman Clifton Earl Sleep

Bride   Helen Elizabeth Varner

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Louize A. Varner

Address   New Germany, Nova Scotia

Name Ida L. Trethewey

Address   New Germany, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman William N. Chard

Address New Germany, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England

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