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John Lawrence Foley and Dorothy Madeline Blackburn married on 31 January 1945 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 130298

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  130298

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax in City or Town Halifax

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Foley, John Lawrence

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Officer   Kind of industry or business RCAF

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 23

5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   6. Racial origin Irish

7. Residence 31 Oakland Rd, Halifax Nova Scotia

8. Place of birth Ontario

9. Name of father William Joseph Foley

10. Place of birth of father Toronto Ontario

11. Maiden name of mother Dorothy Marie  Payne

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Blackburn, Dorothy Madeline

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Bookkeeper   Kind of industry or business Accounting

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 25

17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence 17 Cherry Street, Halifax NS

20. Place of birth Halifax NS

21. Name of father Robert Leander Blackburn

22. Place of birth of father Halifax Nova Scotia

23. Maiden name of mother Mary Ellen Pettipaw

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 31 day of January 1945

26. Place of marriage St Thomas Aquinas Halifax, Halifax County

27. By license or banns Banns

28. Signature of

Groom John Lawrence Foley

Bride   Dorothy Madeline Blackburn

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name A Sutherland

Address  Eastern Air Command, Halifax NS

Name A M Carroll

Address  405 Chebucto Rd, Halifax Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman John Quinan

Address 129 Oxford St., Halifax NS

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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