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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  131272

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax in City or Town Dartmouth

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Orton, William Fenwick

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

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 20

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

7. Residence 27 Brookside Ave., Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

8. Place of birth Tufts Cove, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

9. Name of father William Henry Orton

10. Place of birth of father Halifax

11. Maiden name of mother Alice Maude Butt

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Fogarty, Rita Frances

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 17

17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   18. Racial origin Irish

19. Residence 76 1/2 Fairbanks St., Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

20. Place of birth Halifax City, Nova Scotia

21. Name of father Roy Edmond Fogarty

22. Place of birth of father Moncton, New Brunswick

23. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Agnes Donaghy

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes

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25. When married 6 day of April 1945

26. Place of marriage Emmanuel Church Dartmouth, Halifax County

27. By license or banns 76543

28. Signature of

Groom William Fenwick Orton

Bride   Rita Frances Fogarty

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name James Gay

Address  Tufts Cove

Name Doris King

Address  27 Brookside Ave.

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

Officiating Clergyman A.W. Bulloch

Address Dartmouth

Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

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Divorce attached:

According to a certified copy of the Decree Absolute for Divorce dated 1974-3-28 and filed in the Office of the Registrar General under Divorce number 74-0-2001325, it is ordered that the marriage of William Fenwick Orton and Rita Frances Fogarty (Registered under marriage number 1945-131272) be null and void.

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