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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  131822

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax in City or Town Halifax

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Clark, Walter Charles

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Able Seaman   Kind of industry or business CRNVR

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 18

5. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England   6. Racial origin Scots

7. Residence 349 11th Avenue West, Calgary, Alberta

8. Place of birth Kimberly, British Columbia

9. Name of father Hugh  Clark

10. Place of birth of father Glasgow, Scotland

11. Maiden name of mother Juna May Laing

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Alston, Grace Caroline Scott

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Typist   Kind of industry or business HMC Dockyard

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 21

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

19. Residence 221 6th Avenue West, Calgary, Alberta

20. Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland

21. Name of father Archibald Alston

22. Place of birth of father Scottish

23. Maiden name of mother Agnes Scott

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes

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25. When married 14 day of June 1945

26. Place of marriage HMC Dockyard chapel Halifax, Halifax County

27. By license or banns 77560

28. Signature of

Groom Walter Charles Clark

Bride   Grace Caroline Scott Alston

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Murdock McLellan

Address  HMCS Huron

Name Gladys Smith

Address  67F Cunard Street, Halifax

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

Officiating Clergyman J W Kerr, RCN

Address HMC Dockyard, Halifax

Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

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Divorce attached:

According to a certified copy of the Decree Absolute for Divorce dated 1954-1-3 and filed in the Office of the Registrar General under Divorce number 825, it is ordered that the marriage of Walter Charles Clark and Grace Caroline Scott Alston (Registered under marriage number 1945-131822) be null and void.

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