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Thornton Chester Rippon and Vera Elizabeth Thorburn married on 21 August 1945 at Liverpool, Queens County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 133633

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  133633

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Queens in City or Town Liverpool

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Rippon, Thornton Chester

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Machinist Apr.   Kind of industry or business Navy

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 19

5. Religious denomination Presbyterian   6. Racial origin English

7. Residence 870 Dougall Ave., Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario

8. Place of birth Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.

9. Name of father Bernard Andrew Rippon

10. Place of birth of father Calgary, Alberta

11. Maiden name of mother Kathleen Thornton

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Thorburn, Vera Elizabeth

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   Kind of industry or business Stedmans Store

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 17

17. Religious denomination Baptist   18. Racial origin Scottish

19. Residence Union Street, Liverpool

20. Place of birth Liverpool, Queens Co., Nova Scotia

21. Name of father John Theodore Thorburn

22. Place of birth of father Sandy Point, Shel. Co., N.S.

23. Maiden name of mother Vera Myrtle Smith

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 21 day of August 1945

26. Place of marriage Union St. Liverpool, Queens County

27. By license or banns 77704

28. Signature of

Groom Thornton Chester Rippon

Bride   Vera Elizabeth Thorburn

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Ruth Elsie Thorburn

Address  Liverpool, N.S.

Name Joseph Gelinas

Address  Blairmore, Alberta

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. E. R. MacWilliam

Address Liverpool, N.S.

Religious denomination Baptist

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