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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  135372

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Antigonish in City or Town Tracadie

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Bowman, John Joseph

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Soldier   Kind of industry or business

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 25

5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   6. Racial origin Acadian - French

7. Residence Tracadie, Antigonish County

8. Place of birth Merland, Antigonish County

9. Name of father Charles Bowman

10. Place of birth of father Nova Scotia

11. Maiden name of mother Margaret  MacDonald

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Wells, Clarice Virginia

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   Kind of industry or business Retail merchandising

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced spinster   16. Age 22

17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   18. Racial origin Scotch

19. Residence Tracadie, Antigonish County

20. Place of birth Canso, Guysborough County

21. Name of father Clarence I.V. Wells

22. Place of birth of father Nova Scotia

23. Maiden name of mother Annie Helena Kavanagh

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25. When married 15 day of October 1945

26. Place of marriage St. Peter's Church Tracadie, Antigonish County

27. By license or banns Banns

28. Signature of

Groom John Joseph Bowman

Bride   Clarice Virginia Wells

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Everett Pitts

Address  Monastery

Name Martha Bowman

Address  Monastery

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

Officiating Clergyman W. M. Roberts

Address Tracadie

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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