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Burnley Howard Goreham and Hazel Velda Brown married on 13 December 1947 at Central Woods Harbour, Shelburne County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006670

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476670

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Shelburne

  City, Town or Village Central Woods Harbour

  Street or Road Main St. Ref.Baptist Parsonage


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Goreham, Burnley Howard

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Plumber   4. Kind of industry or business General

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widowed   6. Age 30   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Barrington Passage, Doctor’s Cove, Shelb.Co., Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Woods Harbour

12. Name of father Edward  Goreham

13. Maiden name of mother Margaret Shand

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Brown, Hazel Velda

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

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Stoney Island, Stoney Island, Shelb. County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Stoney Island, Shelb. County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Benjamin Brown

26. Maiden name of mother Serena Penny

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage December 13 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87019


32. Signature of

Groom Burnley Howard Goreham

Bride   Hazel Velda Brown

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Alva Deward Goreham

Address   Lr. Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia

Name Helen Joyce Brown

Address   Stoney Island, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. L. T. Sabine

Address Central Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Reformed Baptist

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