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John Royden Sway and Dorothy Elizabeth O'Brien married on 4 June 1945 at Dartmouth, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 132395

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  132395

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax in City or Town Dartmouth

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Sway, John Royden

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

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

5. Religious denomination Lutheran   6. Racial origin Norweigan

7. Residence Windsor Ontario

8. Place of birth Windsor Essex Co NS

9. Name of father John Sway

10. Place of birth of father Tronheim Norway

11. Maiden name of mother Rachel Burke

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full O'Brien, Dorothy Elizabeth

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 21

17. Religious denomination Baptist   18. Racial origin Irish

19. Residence 163 Janette Ave Windsor

20. Place of birth Niagara Falls New York USA

21. Name of father William O'Brien

22. Place of birth of father Kenora Ontario

23. Maiden name of mother Mary Stella Brown

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 4 day of June 1945

26. Place of marriage Baptist Parsonage Dartmouth, Halifax County

27. By license or banns 76898

28. Signature of

Groom John Royden Sway

Bride   Dorothy Elizabeth O'Brien

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Margaret E Quigley

Address  100 Ochterhoney St Dartmouth NS

Name Flora F Estabrooks

Address  100 Ochterhoney St Dartmouth NS

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

Officiating Clergyman J Raymond Quigley

Address 100 Ochterhoney St Dartmouth NS

Religious denomination Baptist

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