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John Arthur MacEown and Bernice Freda Skinner married on 19 February 1945 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 130374

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  130374

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax in City or Town Halifax

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full MacEown, John Arthur

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Supply Asst   Kind of industry or business RCN

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 24

5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   6. Racial origin Scottish

7. Residence 100 Glenlake Ave., Toronto Ontario

8. Place of birth Calgary Alberta

9. Name of father Carlyle MacEown

10. Place of birth of father Dunboyne, Ontario

11. Maiden name of mother Margaret  Whyte

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Skinner, Bernice Freda

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   Kind of industry or business Manuf. of Soups

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 21

17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence 43 Dunedin St., Orillia, Ontario

20. Place of birth Orilla, Simcoe Co., Ontario

21. Name of father Bernard Skinner

22. Place of birth of father County of Kent, England

23. Maiden name of mother Ruby Ellen Crawford

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 19 day of February 1945

26. Place of marriage St. Matthews manse Halifax, Halifax County

27. By license or banns 75961

28. Signature of

Groom John Arthur MacEown

Bride   Bernice Freda Skinner

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Leonard Candy

Address  206 Wppdmount Ave., Toronto Ontario

Name Wyril Loppenbush

Address  RR#4 Tofield, Alberta

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

Officiating Clergyman D. M. Grant

Address 173 Coburg Rd., Halifax NS

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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