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James Wendell Graves and Lydia May Curtis married on 23 August 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005487

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475487

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road Trinity Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Graves, James Wendell

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Marine Electrician   4. Kind of industry or business

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 27   7. Religious denomination Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Dutch

10. Residence 2 Creighton St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Ernest Graves

13. Maiden name of mother Gertrude Edwards

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Curtis, Lydia May

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Grocery Clerk   17. Kind of industry or business Retail Grocery

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 21   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Greek

23. Residence 158 Young St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Peter Curtis

26. Maiden name of mother Martha A. Broomhead

27. Birthplace Father Greece   Mother Englnad


28. Date of marriage August 23 1947   29. By license or banns Banns 30. License number Banns


32. Signature of

Groom James Wendell Graves

Bride   Lydia May Curtis

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Hedley Alfred Graves

Address   Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Mary Simeon

Address   Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman L. J. Donaldson

Address 37 Westminster Apts., Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England

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