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Leslie Herbert Melrose and Wilhelmina MacDowell married on 29 August 1945 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 13346

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  13346

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax in City or Town Halifax

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Melrose, Leslie Herbert

2. Trade, profession of kind of work E.R.A.   Kind of industry or business R.C.N.V.R.

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

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

7. Residence 3707 Gertrude St., Verdun, P.Q.

8. Place of birth Verdun, P.Q.

9. Name of father Peter Melrose

10. Place of birth of father Point St. Charles, Montreal

11. Maiden name of mother Irene Watkins

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full MacDowell, Wilhelmina

14. Trade, profession of kind of work clerk   Kind of industry or business C.P.R. Express

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 20

17. Religious denomination Presbyterian   18. Racial origin Scottish

19. Residence 4537 LaSalle Bvd., Verdun, P.Q.

20. Place of birth Verdun, P.Q.

21. Name of father George  MacDowell

22. Place of birth of father Dundee, Scotland

23. Maiden name of mother Euphemia Ireland

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 29 day of August 1945

26. Place of marriage Naval Chapel Halifax, Halifax County

27. By license or banns 78686

28. Signature of

Groom Leslie Herbert Melrose

Bride   Wilhelmina MacDowell

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name J. H. Graves

Address  9 Payzant Ave., Halifax, N.S.

Name G. A. Bowman

Address  Halifax, N.S.

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

Officiating Clergyman H. Ploughman, R.C.N.

Address H.C.M. Dockyard, Halifax, N.S.

Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

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