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Joseph Cleveland Van Tassell and Dorothy May Grant married on 20 January 1945 at Yarmouth North, Yarmouth County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 130829

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  130829

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Yarmouth in City or Town Yarmouth North

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Van Tassell, Joseph Cleveland

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Painter   Kind of industry or business Painting

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 38

5. Religious denomination Baptist   6. Racial origin Dutch

7. Residence Yarmouth North, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia

8. Place of birth Culloden, Digby County, Nova Scotia

9. Name of father Michael Hayes VanTassel

10. Place of birth of father Mount Pleasant, Digby County, Nova Scotia

11. Maiden name of mother Mary Wallace Teed

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Grant, Dorothy May

14. Trade, profession of kind of work At home   Kind of industry or business At home

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Widow   16. Age 37

17. Religious denomination Baptist   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence Yarmouth North, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth Yarmouth North, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia

21. Name of father Everett Blake Grant

22. Place of birth of father Yarmouth North, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia

23. Maiden name of mother Mary Regina Forsite

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 20 day of January 1945

26. Place of marriage Wesley Parsonage Yarmouth North, Yarmouth County

27. By license or banns 75265

28. Signature of

Groom Joseph Cleveland Van Tassell

Bride   Dorothy May Grant

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Viola Bonang

Address  Yarmouth Centre, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Name Ruth H. Barker

Address  Yarmouth North

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

Officiating Clergyman R.W. Barker

Address Yarmouth North, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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