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Irvine Lyle Harper and Florence Hirschfeld married on 17 October 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005524

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475524

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road 38A Bridges Street


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Harper, Irvine Lyle

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Cook   4. Kind of industry or business R.C.N.

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 19   7. Religious denomination Presbyterian

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish-English

10. Residence H.M.C.S. "Stadacona", Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Chatham, Ontario

12. Name of father William D.  Harper

13. Maiden name of mother Katherine Peters

14. Birthplace Father Chatham Township, Ontario   Mother Chatham, Ontario


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Hirschfeld, Florence

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 23   20. Religious denomination Presbyterian

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English-Scotch

23. Residence 38A Bridges Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Schumacher, Ontario

25. Name of father Frederick Hirschfeld

26. Maiden name of mother Annie Elizabeth Cameron

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage October 17 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89751


32. Signature of

Groom Irvine Lyle Harper

Bride   Florence Hirschfeld

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Peggy Winifred Hirschfeld

Address   38A Bridges Street, Halifax

Name William C. Edwards

Address   36A Bridges Street, Halifax

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

Officiating Clergyman J. Edwards

Address H.M.C.S. "Stadacona", Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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