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Kenneth Frederick Pettit and Jean Ellen Tonkin married on 4 March 1945 at Dartmouth, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 130811

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  130811

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax in City or Town Dartmouth

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Pettit, Kenneth Frederick

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Signalman   Kind of industry or business RCNVR

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 22

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

7. Residence 5 Ingleside Place, London, Ontario

8. Place of birth London Ontario

9. Name of father Fred Pettit

10. Place of birth of father Lestershire, England

11. Maiden name of mother Annie Mann

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Tonkin, Jean Ellen

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Factory Work   Kind of industry or business

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 20

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

19. Residence Box 549 Ferguson, Ontario

20. Place of birth Listowell, Ontario

21. Name of father William Ernest Tonkin

22. Place of birth of father Brentwood Essex England

23. Maiden name of mother Ellen Pepperel

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 4 day of March 1945

26. Place of marriage Baptist Parsonage Dartmouth, Halifax County

27. By license or banns 76118

28. Signature of

Groom Kenneth Frederick Pettit

Bride   Jean Ellen Tonkin

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Agnes Wilkes

Address  4 Tulip St., Dartmouth NS

Name R. D. Wilkes

Address  4 Tulip St., Dartmouth NS

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

Officiating Clergyman Raymond Tingley

Address 100 Ochterloney St., Dartmouth NS

Religious denomination Baptist

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