Registration: Year: 1945 number: 129789
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
REGISTERED No. 129789
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax in City or Town Halifax
BRIDEGROOM
1. PRINT name in full Sangster, Arthur Osborne
2. Trade, profession of kind of work Stevedore Kind of industry or business Stevedore
3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widower 4. Age 24
5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada 6. Racial origin English
7. Residence Seabright, Halifax County
8. Place of birth Canso, Guysboro County
9. Name of father Willoughby Sangster
10. Place of birth of father New Harbour, Guysboro County
11. Maiden name of mother Lyda Nickerson
12. Can bridegroom read? Yes Write? Yes
BRIDE
13. PRINT name in full Johnson, Muriel Elizabeth
14. Trade, profession of kind of work Home Kind of industry or business Home
15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 16. Age 17
17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada 18. Racial origin English
19. Residence Seabright, Halifax County
20. Place of birth Halifax, Halifax County
21. Name of father James Johnson
22. Place of birth of father Seabright, Halifax County
23. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Boutilier
24. Can bride read? Yes Write? Yes
25. When married 6 day of January 1945
26. Place of marriage Brunswick Street United Church Halifax, Halifax County
27. By license or banns 75491
28. Signature of
Groom Arthur Osborne Sangster
Bride Muriel Elizabeth Johnson
29. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Willis Burton Teale
Address Seabright, Halifax, County
Name Jean MacKenzie
Address No 2 Maynard Street, Halifax
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman Ball
Address 42 Windsor Street, Halifax NS
Religious denomination United Church of Canada
Divorce attached:
According to a certified copy of the Decree Absolute for Divorce dated 1956-2-16 and filed in the Office of the Registrar General under Divorce number 1063, it is ordered that the marriage of Arthur Osborne Sangster and Muriel Elizabeth Johnson (Registered under marriage number 1945-129789) be null and void.
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