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Willard Champion Carruthers and Thelma Bessie Costain married on 15 August 1945 at Dartmouth, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 133469

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  133469

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax in City or Town Dartmouth

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Carruthers, Willard Champion

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Petty Officer   Kind of industry or business R.C.N.

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

5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   6. Racial origin Scottish

7. Residence Howlan, Prince Co. Prince Edward Island

8. Place of birth Prince Edward Island, Prince Co.

9. Name of father Bruce Carruthers

10. Place of birth of father Prince Edward Island

11. Maiden name of mother Hazel Cook

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Costain, Thelma Bessie

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   Kind of industry or business Civil Service

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 18

17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence Cape Wolf, Prince Co., Prince Edward Island

20. Place of birth Prince Edward Island, Prince Co.

21. Name of father Colin  Costain

22. Place of birth of father Prince Edward Island

23. Maiden name of mother Lorena MacDougall

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 15 day of August 1945

26. Place of marriage St. James' Manse Dartmouth, Halifax County

27. By license or banns 78471

28. Signature of

Groom Willard Champion Carruthers

Bride   Thelma Bessie Costain

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Claude C. Costain

Address  14 Russell St., Dartmouth

Name Mary Anderson

Address  15 Prince Albert Road, Dartmouth

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

Officiating Clergyman W. Charles Anderson

Address 15 Prince Albert Road, Dartmouth, N.S.

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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