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George Robert Fonger and Hilda Clayola Joyce married on 4 May 1945 at Dartmouth, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 131340

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  131340

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax in City or Town Dartmouth

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Fonger, George Robert

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Stoker, R.C.N.V.R.   Kind of industry or business

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 21

5. Religious denomination Baptist   6. Racial origin Irish

7. Residence Waverley Road, Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

8. Place of birth Herbert, Morris County, Saskatchewan

9. Name of father Albert Ransom Fonger

10. Place of birth of father Saint Thomas, Ontario

11. Maiden name of mother Beatrice Louise Beadle

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Joyce, Hilda Clayola

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 19

17. Religious denomination Baptist   18. Racial origin Irish

19. Residence Waverley Road, Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth Diligent River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

21. Name of father Burpee Colpitt Joyce

22. Place of birth of father Fox River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

23. Maiden name of mother Zelma Elizabeth Parsons

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 4 day of May 1945

26. Place of marriage Baptist Church, 100 Ochterloney St. Dartmouth, Halifax County

27. By license or banns 76878

28. Signature of

Groom George Robert Fonger

Bride   Hilda Clayola Joyce

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Eva Doloris Joyce

Address  Waverly Road, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Name Peter Roberts

Address  Waverley Road, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman J.A. Raymond Tingley

Address 100 Ochterloney Street, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Baptist


Divorce attached:

According to a certified copy of the Decree Absolute for Divorce dated 1963-4-6 and filed in the Office of the Registrar General under Divorce number 63-001198, it is ordered that the marriage of George Robert Fonger and Hilda Clayola Joyce (Registered under marriage number 1945-131340) be null and void.

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