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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  131751

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Colchester in City or Town Valley Stn.

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Retan, Melvin Norman

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

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

5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   6. Racial origin English

7. Residence Vancouver BC

8. Place of birth Regina, Sask.

9. Name of father Earl Retan

10. Place of birth of father Park Hill, Ont.

11. Maiden name of mother Leona Wynants

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Hall, Flora Marie

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 23

17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence RR# 2 East Mtn., Truro NS

20. Place of birth East Mountain, Col., Co.

21. Name of father Harry Hall

22. Place of birth of father East Mountain, Col., Co.

23. Maiden name of mother Maude Matatall

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes

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25. When married 16 day of June 1945

26. Place of marriage United Church of Canada Valley Stn. , Colchester County

27. By license or banns 77470

28. Signature of

Groom Melvin Norman Retan

Bride   Flora Marie Hall

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Thelma Olive MacKay

Address  Bathurst, NB

Name Louis Abbass

Address  Sydney CB NS

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. J. A. Bradley

Address RR 3 Truro

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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