Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005268
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19475268
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cumberland
City, Town or Village Springhill
Street or Road The Rectory
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Silrea, William Wesley
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Miner 4. Kind of industry or business Coal Mines
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 34 7. Religious denomination Anglican
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin African
10. Residence Springhill, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Springhill, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Does not know
13. Maiden name of mother Jean S. Silrea
14. Birthplace Father Mother Springhill, Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Gabriel, Elizabeth Mae
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Staying at home 17. Kind of industry or business At home
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 20 20. Religious denomination Baptist
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin African
23. Residence Springhill, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Springhill, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father Arthur Gabriel
26. Maiden name of mother Eva Izzard
27. Birthplace Father Springhill, Nova Scotia Mother Amherst, Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage October 9 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89042
32. Signature of
Groom William Wesley Silrea
Bride Elizabeth Mae Gabriel
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Laurena Evelyn Gabriel
Address R. R. No 1 Rodney, Nova Scotia
Name Irwin Winthrop Ashe
Address Springhill, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman W. M. Knickle
Address Springhill, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Anglican
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