Registration: Year: 1945 number: 13199
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
REGISTERED No. 13199
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax in City or Town Halifax
BRIDEGROOM
1. PRINT name in full Whalen, Paul James
2. Trade, profession of kind of work Soldier Sergeant Kind of industry or business National Defence
3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 4. Age 32
5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic 6. Racial origin Irish
7. Residence No. 6 D.D. Halifax, Nova Scotia
8. Place of birth Dorchester, New Brunswick
9. Name of father Richard Joseph Whalen
10. Place of birth of father Newfoundland
11. Maiden name of mother Kathryn Mabel Shea
12. Can bridegroom read? Yes Write? Yes
BRIDE
13. PRINT name in full Coates, Margaret Jean
14. Trade, profession of kind of work Registered Nurse Kind of industry or business Health
15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 16. Age 24
17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada 18. Racial origin English
19. Residence Halifax, Nova Scotia
20. Place of birth Nappan, Nova Scotia
21. Name of father Wylie Coates
22. Place of birth of father Nappan, Nova Scotia
23. Maiden name of mother Sadie Agnes Thompson
24. Can bride read? Yes Write? Yes
25. When married 3 day of April 1945
26. Place of marriage 121 Jubilee Road Halifax, Halifax County
27. By license or banns 76539
28. Signature of
Groom Paul James Whalen
Bride Margaret Jean Coates
29. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Marjorie Bonnegen
Address Chester, Nova Scotia
Name
Address
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman James Keigan
Address Halifax, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination United Church of Canada
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