Registration: Year: 1945 number: 134405
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
REGISTERED No. 134405
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax in City or Town Dartmouth
BRIDEGROOM
1. PRINT name in full Decoste, William Garfield
2. Trade, profession of kind of work Taxi Operator Kind of industry or business
3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 4. Age 27
5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic 6. Racial origin French
7. Residence 43 Fairbanks St. Dartmouth
8. Place of birth Canso
9. Name of father Charles Decoste
10. Place of birth of father Nova Scotia
11. Maiden name of mother Lila Ellen Dorti
BRIDE
13. PRINT name in full Malay, Violetta Eva
14. Trade, profession of kind of work Nurse Maid Kind of industry or business
15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 16. Age 26
17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada 18. Racial origin Irish
19. Residence Malay Falls
20. Place of birth Malay Falls
21. Name of father Chadwick Murray Malay
22. Place of birth of father Lochaber Mines
23. Maiden name of mother Ann Parker Belanson
25. When married 23 day of October 1945
26. Place of marriage Dartmouth, Halifax County
27. By license or banns
28. Signature of
Groom William Garfield Decoste
Bride Violetta Eva Malay
29. Signatures of Witnesses
Name
Address
Name
Address
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman
Address
Religious denomination
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