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Clarence Kenneth Cocker and Mary Violet McPhee married on 1 May 1945 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 131324

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  131324

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax in City or Town Halifax

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Cocker, Clarence Kenneth

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Sailor   Kind of industry or business RCNVR Able seaman

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 22

5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   6. Racial origin English

7. Residence Hamilton, Ontario

8. Place of birth Hamilton

9. Name of father William Frederick Cocker

10. Place of birth of father Liverpool, England

11. Maiden name of mother Beatrice Maltilda Beadle

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full McPhee, Mary Violet

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   Kind of industry or business Grocery Store

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 18

17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   18. Racial origin Englaish

19. Residence 50 Vienna Street, Halfiax

20. Place of birth Halifax, Ns

21. Name of father Richard McPhee

22. Place of birth of father River Bourgois, Cape Breton

23. Maiden name of mother Mary May Boudreau

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 1 day of May 1945

26. Place of marriage St Agnes Church Halifax, Halifax County

27. By license or banns Banns

28. Signature of

Groom Clarence Kenneth Cocker

Bride   Mary Violet McPhee

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Eugene H Soull?

Address  861 Langoes Avenue, Windsor, Ontario

Name Ann Butler

Address  32 Cork Street

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

Officiating Clergyman Louis L Graham

Address St Agnes Rectory, Halifax

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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