Registration: Year: 1945 number: 135360
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
REGISTERED No. 135360
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax in City or Town Halifax
BRIDEGROOM
1. PRINT name in full Friend, Richard John
2. Trade, profession of kind of work Royal Marines Kind of industry or business Signalman Royal Marines
3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 4. Age 27
5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic 6. Racial origin English
7. Residence Looks Cottage Lumbrun Tavistock Devon England
8. Place of birth Tavistock Devon England
9. Name of father William Henry Friend
10. Place of birth of father Petertavy Devon England
11. Maiden name of mother Rose Mary Nankivill
BRIDE
13. PRINT name in full Finch, Edith Leona
14. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk Kind of industry or business Tobacco Store
15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 16. Age 28
17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic 18. Racial origin English
19. Residence 2 Stairs Place Halifax NS Canada
20. Place of birth Halifax Nova Scotia
21. Name of father Bertram Finch
22. Place of birth of father Cavendish Suffolk England
23. Maiden name of mother Margaet Moore
25. When married 12 day of December 1945
26. Place of marriage St Joseph's Glebe Halifax, Halifax County
27. By license or banns 80295
28. Signature of
Groom Richard John Friend
Bride Edith Leona Finch
29. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Margaret Lindsay
Address 2 Stairs Place Halifax NS
Name J P Kinsman
Address 355 Agricola W Halifax NS
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman C F Cavan
Address St Joseph's Rectory Halifax NS
Religious denomination Roman Catholic
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