Registration: Year: 1945 number: 129945
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
REGISTERED No. 129945
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax in City or Town Halifax
BRIDEGROOM
1. PRINT name in full Bissett, John Douglas
2. Trade, profession of kind of work R.C.A.F. Kind of industry or business National Defense
3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 4. Age 23
5. Religious denomination Presbyterian 6. Racial origin Scottish
7. Residence Dalhousie, New Brunswick
8. Place of birth Ocean Falls, B.C.
9. Name of father Dalton Clifford Bissett
10. Place of birth of father North Sydney, Cape Breton
11. Maiden name of mother Clara May Lomond
12. Can bridegroom read? Yes Write? Yes
BRIDE
13. PRINT name in full Vanstone, Shirley
14. Trade, profession of kind of work at home Kind of industry or business domestic
15. Spinster Widow or Divorced spinster 16. Age 21
17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada 18. Racial origin English
19. Residence Dalhousie, N.B.
20. Place of birth Newcastle, N.B.
21. Name of father Charles L. Vanstone
22. Place of birth of father Chatham, N.B.
23. Maiden name of mother Katherine Murray
24. Can bride read? Yes Write? Yes
25. When married 13 day of January 1945
26. Place of marriage St. John's Manse Halifax, Halifax County
27. By license or banns 75614
28. Signature of
Groom John Douglas Bissett
Bride Shirley Vanstone
29. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Jessie MacLeod
Address 109 Willow Street, Halifax, N.S.
Name Myrtle Parker
Address 109 Willow St., Halifax, N.S.
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman A.A. MacLeod
Address 109 Willow St., Halifax, N.S.
Religious denomination United Church of Canada
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