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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  131287

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Pictou in City or Town New Glasgow

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Cormier, Joseph Walter Roy

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

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 23

5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   6. Racial origin French

7. Residence Forbes St. New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

8. Place of birth Amherst, Nova Scotia

9. Name of father Clifford Cormier

10. Place of birth of father Amherst, Nova Scotia

11. Maiden name of mother Alice Gould

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Dowling, Mary Phyllis Joyce

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 18

17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   18. Racial origin Irish

19. Residence Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

20. Place of birth Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

21. Name of father Leo Dowling

22. Place of birth of father Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

23. Maiden name of mother Esther Doncaster

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes

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25. When married 12 day of February 1945

26. Place of marriage  New Glasgow, Pictou County

27. By license or banns Banns

28. Signature of

Groom Joseph Walter Roy Cormier

Bride   Mary Phyllis Joyce Dowling

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Walter THistle

Address  Trenton, Nova Scotia

Name Mary Dolores Dowling

Address  Charlottetown

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

Officiating Clergyman D.M. Chisholm

Address 390 High St., New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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Divorce attached:

According to a certified copy of the Decree Absolute for Divorce dated 1957-9-13 and filed in the Office of the Registrar General under Divorce number 1556, it is ordered that the marriage of Joseph Walter Roy Cormier and Mary Phyllis Joyce Dowling (Registered under marriage number 1945-131287) be null and void.

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