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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  130950

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax in City or Town Halifax

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full McBrossie, William Richardson

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

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Divorced   4. Age 31

5. Religious denomination Anglican   6. Racial origin African

7. Residence Saint John, New Brunswick

8. Place of birth Saint John, New Brunswick

9. Name of father J. George McBrossie

10. Place of birth of father Dover, New Hampshire

11. Maiden name of mother Edna Louise Richardson

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Marsman, Sophia

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 36

17. Religious denomination Baptist   18. Racial origin African

19. Residence Halifax, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth Hammonds Plains, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia

21. Name of father George Marsman

22. Place of birth of father Hammonds Plains

23. Maiden name of mother Beatrice Knight

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes

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25. When married 9 day of April 1945

26. Place of marriage 49 Cornwallis Street Halifax, Halifax County

27. By license or banns 76606

28. Signature of

Groom William Richardson McBrossie

Bride   Sophia Marsman

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Eric Marsman

Address  Africville P.O. Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Lillian Dixon

Address  Africville, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman W. P. Oliver

Address 49 Cornwallis St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Baptist

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