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William Henry Kerr and Hilda Eveline Watkins married on 29 November 1947 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006320

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476320

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road First United Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Kerr, William Henry

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Checker in Warehouse, Sydney Steel Plant   4. Kind of industry or business Steel

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widowed   6. Age 68   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence Sutherland St., Sydney, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Ireland

12. Name of father Thomas Kerr

13. Maiden name of mother Jane Wilson

14. Birthplace Father Ireland   Mother Ireland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Watkins, Hilda Eveline

16. Trade, profession of kind of work At Home   17. Kind of industry or business

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Widowed   19. Age 70   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship American   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 229 Whitney Ave, Sydney, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth England

25. Name of father Edward Lotherington

26. Maiden name of mother Eliza Adelaide Ellis

27. Birthplace Father England   Mother England


28. Date of marriage November 29 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 90088


32. Signature of

Groom William Henry Kerr

Bride   Hilda Eveline Watkins

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Keneth Kerr

Address   Sydney, Nova Scotia

Name Winifred Gosse

Address   Sydney, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman C.N. Brown

Address 58 Falmouth St., Sydney, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination The United Church of Canada

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