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Claude Ashford and Florence Belle Lewis married on 3 December 1947 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006350

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476350

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road St George's Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Ashford, Claude

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Fish Cutter   4. Kind of industry or business Fish Packing Plant

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 25   7. Religious denomination Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Margaret St, North Sydney, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Rose Blanche, Newfoundland

12. Name of father John Ashford

13. Maiden name of mother Annie Bess

14. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Lewis, Florence Belle

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 22   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch

23. Residence High St., North Sydney, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth High St, North Sydney, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father John Henry Lewis

26. Maiden name of mother Maude Hinks

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Newfoundland


28. Date of marriage December 3 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 90037


32. Signature of

Groom Claude Ashford

Bride   Florence Belle Lewis

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Norman Bess

Address   North Sydney, Williams St.

Name Alice Jane Bess

Address   William Street, North Sydney

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

Officiating Clergyman E.B.N. Cochran

Address 52 Nepean St., Sydney, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England

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