Registration: Year: 1945 number: 133733
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
REGISTERED No. 133733
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax in City or Town Halifax
BRIDEGROOM
1. PRINT name in full Howard, John
2. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer Kind of industry or business Stevedore
3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widower 4. Age 46
5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic 6. Racial origin English
7. Residence 208 Market St. Halifax
8. Place of birth Terrance Bay
9. Name of father James Howard
10. Place of birth of father Terrance Bay
11. Maiden name of mother Clara Martin
12. Can bridegroom read? No Write? No
BRIDE
13. PRINT name in full Blackburn, Mary Amy
14. Trade, profession of kind of work Housekeeper Kind of industry or business Housekeeping
15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Widow 16. Age 42
17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic 18. Racial origin Irish
19. Residence 70 Sackville St. Halifax
20. Place of birth Lower Prospect
21. Name of father Charles Ryan
22. Place of birth of father Lower Prospect
23. Maiden name of mother Ann Slaunwhite
25. When married 22 day of September 1945
26. Place of marriage St Marys Cathedral Halifax, Halifax County
27. By license or banns 19818
28. Signature of
Groom John Howard
Bride Mary Amy Blackburn
29. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Russell Slaunwhite
Address 65 Brunswick St., Halifax
Name Ada Blackburn
Address 147 Brunswick St., Halifax
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman John Quinn
Address St Marys Cathedral
Religious denomination Roman Catholic
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