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Willis Colebrook Shelby and Ruth Mary Smith married on 27 October 1945 at Dartmouth , Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 134401

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  134401

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax in City or Town Dartmouth

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Shelby, Willis Colebrook

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Salesman   Kind of industry or business Life insurance

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 24

5. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England   6. Racial origin German

7. Residence 21 Pleasant St., Dartmouth NS

8. Place of birth Eastwood, Ontario

9. Name of father Ernest R Shelby

10. Place of birth of father Ontario

11. Maiden name of mother Edna Maude Lounsbury

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Smith, Ruth Mary

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   Kind of industry or business Imperial Oil

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 22

17. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England   18. Racial origin Irish German

19. Residence 21 Pleasant St., Dartmouth NS

20. Place of birth Eastern Passage NS

21. Name of father Frederick Smith

22. Place of birth of father Nova Scotia

23. Maiden name of mother Iris Jean Conrod


25. When married 27 day of October 1945

26. Place of marriage Anglican, Church of England Dartmouth , Halifax County

27. By license or banns Banns 19859

28. Signature of

Groom Willis Colebrook Shelby

Bride   Ruth Mary Smith

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Bernard Smith

Address  21 Pleasant St., Dartmouth NS

Name Jean D Horne

Address  Dartmouth NS

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

Officiating Clergyman A. H. Walsh

Address Dartmouth NS

Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

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