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Thomas Desmond Bowhay and Vera Edith Porter married on 14 August 1945 at Halifax , Halifax County
Registration: Year: 1945 number: 133325
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
REGISTERED No. 133325
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax in City or Town Halifax
BRIDEGROOM
1. PRINT name in full Bowhay, Thomas Desmond
2. Trade, profession of kind of work Naval Kind of industry or business Stokes
3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 4. Age 20
5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada 6. Racial origin English
7. Residence Cochrane Alberta
8. Place of birth Vancouver British Columbia
9. Name of father Reginald Claud Bowhay
10. Place of birth of father England
11. Maiden name of mother Isabelle May Haliday
12. Can bridegroom read? Yes Write? Yes
BRIDE
13. PRINT name in full Porter, Vera Edith
14. Trade, profession of kind of work Sales clerk Kind of industry or business Store
15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 16. Age 19
17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada 18. Racial origin English
19. Residence 29 Hamilton St., St. John’s Newfoundland
20. Place of birth Newfoundland
21. Name of father Gorge Porter
22. Place of birth of father Newfoundland
23. Maiden name of mother Edith Evans
24. Can bride read? Yes Write? Yes
25. When married 14 day of August 1945
26. Place of marriage HMC Dockyard Chapel Halifax , Halifax County
27. By license or banns 78502
28. Signature of
Groom Thomas Desmond Bowhay
Bride Vera Edith Porter
29. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Joseph Henry McCarthy
Address 2377 Forest Ave., Windsor Ontario
Name Evelyn Pearl
Address Kentville
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman H. Todd
Address HMCS Scotia Halifax NS
Religious denomination United Church of Canada
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