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Leonard Wilfred Snell and Betty Jean Wise married on 8 October 1945 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 134772

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  134772

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax in City or Town Halifax

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Snell, Leonard Wilfred

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Able Seaman   Kind of industry or business R.C.N.V.R.

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

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

7. Residence c/o. F.M.O. Halifax (42 Amelia Street, Paris, Ontario)

8. Place of birth Paris, Brant County, Ontario

9. Name of father Emmanuel Snell

10. Place of birth of father England

11. Maiden name of mother Olive Bean

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Wise, Betty Jean

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Canteen Assistant   Kind of industry or business R.C.N.V.R. W.D.

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 22

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

19. Residence H.M.C.S. Stadacona, c/o F.M.O. Halifax, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth Sarnia, Lambton County, Ontario

21. Name of father Cecil Wise

22. Place of birth of father Watford, Ontario

23. Maiden name of mother Margaret E.  Gunn


25. When married 8 day of October 1945

26. Place of marriage Russell Street Halifax, Halifax County

27. By license or banns 79124

28. Signature of

Groom Leonard Wilfred Snell

Bride   Betty Jean Wise

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Jack Wise

Address  H.M.C.S. Scotian, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Florence Robertson

Address  H.M.C.S. Stadacona, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman W. W. Clarkson

Address 87 Russell Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

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