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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  130360

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax in City or Town Halifax

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Payzant, William Chester

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

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 28

5. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England   6. Racial origin Dutch

7. Residence Whites Point, Queen’s County

8. Place of birth Whites Point

9. Name of father Frank Evan Payzant

10. Place of birth of father Whites Point

11. Maiden name of mother Gertrude Doggett

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Richardson, Dorothy May

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Domestic   Kind of industry or business Housework

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 22

17. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence 28 Church St., Halifax Nova

20. Place of birth Halifax NS

21. Name of father Ralph Richardson

22. Place of birth of father Halifax NS

23. Maiden name of mother Nellie Willis

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes

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25. When married 13 day of February 1945

26. Place of marriage 140 1/2 Preston St., Halifax, Halifax County

27. By license or banns 75056

28. Signature of

Groom William Chester Payzant

Bride   Dorothy May Richardson

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name G. S. Richardson

Address  28 Church St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Rita J. Boutilier

Address  28 Church St., Halifax NS

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

Officiating Clergyman Clement Mitchell

Address 140 1/2 Preston St., Halifax NS

Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

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Divorce attached:

According to a certified copy of the Decree Absolute for Divorce dated 1956-2-17 and filed in the Office of the Registrar General under Divorce number 1059, it is ordered that the marriage of William Chester Payzant and Dorothy May Richardson (Registered under marriage number 1945-130360) be null and void.

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