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Ray Johnston Walsh and Jean Rockwood Powell married on 31 January 1945 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 130458

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  130458

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton in City or Town Sydney

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Walsh, Ray Johnston

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Stoker   Kind of industry or business R.C.N.

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 21

5. Religious denomination Baptist   6. Racial origin Irish

7. Residence Westmount, Sydney N.S.

8. Place of birth Amherst N.S.

9. Name of father Ottie Austin Walsh

10. Place of birth of father Amherst N.S.

11. Maiden name of mother Margaret Johnston

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Powell, Jean Rockwood

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   Kind of industry or business Eatons Co.Ltd.

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 18

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

19. Residence 7 Franklin St. Sydney

20. Place of birth Sydney, N.S.

21. Name of father John  Powell

22. Place of birth of father Carbonear, Newfoundland

23. Maiden name of mother Mary Emma Rockwood

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 31 day of January 1945

26. Place of marriage St. Alban's Church Sydney, Cape Breton County

27. By license or banns 75566

28. Signature of

Groom Ray Johnston Walsh

Bride   Jean Rockwood Powell

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Eugene Ogden

Address  Westmount N.S.

Name Katherine Warren

Address  111 Bay St. Sydney

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

Officiating Clergyman A. F. Arnold

Address 1286 Victoria Rd. Sydney

Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

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