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Stuart Oran Melrose and Lucy Clare Dempsey married on 19 July 1945 at Herring Cove, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 133348

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  133348

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax in City or Town Herring Cove

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Melrose, Stuart Oran

2. Trade, profession of kind of work sailor, Able Seaman   Kind of industry or business R.C.N.V.R.

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 21

5. Religious denomination Baptist   6. Racial origin Scottish

7. Residence 59 Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto

8. Place of birth Tisdale, Saskatchewan

9. Name of father Robert Melrose

10. Place of birth of father Scotland

11. Maiden name of mother Gladys Emily Miller

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Dempsey, Lucy Clare

14. Trade, profession of kind of work clerk   Kind of industry or business freight office

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced spinster   16. Age 21

17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   18. Racial origin Irish

19. Residence Herring Cove

20. Place of birth Herring Cove

21. Name of father James Dempsey

22. Place of birth of father Herring Cove

23. Maiden name of mother Dorothy Brackett

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 19 day of July 1945

26. Place of marriage Saint Paul's Rectory Herring Cove, Halifax County

27. By license or banns 78100

28. Signature of

Groom Stuart Oran Melrose

Bride   Lucy Clare Dempsey

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Carvel W. Reyno

Address  Herring Cove

Name Margaret Paula Dempsey

Address  Herring Cove

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

Officiating Clergyman John A. Heffler

Address Herring Cove, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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