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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