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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