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Ian McLaren McKellar and Gwendolyn Mary Alexander married on 23 June 1945 at Shelburne , Shelburne County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 131798

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  131798

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Shelburne in City or Town Shelburne

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full McKellar, Ian McLaren

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Signal man   Kind of industry or business Royal Canadian Navy

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

5. Religious denomination Presbyterian   6. Racial origin British Scotch

7. Residence 5699 Chabot St., Montreal Quebec

8. Place of birth Montreal Quebec

9. Name of father Walter McLaren McKellar

10. Place of birth of father Patrick Scotland

11. Maiden name of mother Catherine Mina Laing

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Alexander, Gwendolyn Mary

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Teletypist   Kind of industry or business Civil Service

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 19

17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   18. Racial origin British Scotch

19. Residence John Street Shelburne NS

20. Place of birth Sault Ste Marie, Ontario

21. Name of father John Wesley Alexander

22. Place of birth of father Presque Island Ontario

23. Maiden name of mother Mary Ellen Tizzard

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 23 day of June 1945

26. Place of marriage RCN Chapel HMCB Shelburne , Shelburne County

27. By license or banns 77359

28. Signature of

Groom Ian McLaren McKellar

Bride   Gwendolyn Mary Alexander

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Norton Alcock

Address  HMCS Capilani

Name Miss S Bridgehouse

Address  67 Summit Street, Halifax NS

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

Officiating Clergyman Malcolm G. Buffer

Address HMCS Shelburne

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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