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Edwin Lewis Cain and Dorothea Viola Francis married on 3 December 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006188

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476188

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road Central Baptist Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Cain, Edwin Lewis

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Asst. Electrician   4. Kind of industry or business Canadian Navy

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 21   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence 211 24th. Street, North West, Calgary, Alberta ( H.M.C.S. Stadacona)

11. Place of birth Calgary, Alberta

12. Name of father Rex Lewis Cain

13. Maiden name of mother Edith Winifred Aubrey

14. Birthplace Father Ontario   Mother USA


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Francis, Dorothea Viola

16. Trade, profession of kind of work P.B.X. Operator   17. Kind of industry or business Canadian Army

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 24   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin French

23. Residence 26 Cedar Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Smith's Cove, Digby County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Thomas Francis

26. Maiden name of mother Catherine Victoria Theriault

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage December 3 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 90157


32. Signature of

Groom Edwin Lewis Cain

Bride   Dorothea Viola Francis

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Elizabeth M. Francis

Address   341/2 Robie St. Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Edwin Paul

Address   H.M.C.S. Stadacona, Halifax, N.S>

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. A.R.W. Murray, B.A.

Address 5481/2 Robie Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Baptist

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