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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  135656

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton in City or Town Sydney Mines

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Himsl, Francis Joseph

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Radio   Kind of industry or business Royal Canadian Navy

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 22

5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   6. Racial origin Austrian Hungarian

7. Residence 1230 2nd Ave. North West, Moosejaw, Saskatchewan

8. Place of birth Bethune, Saskatchewan

9. Name of father Alfred JOhn Himsl

10. Place of birth of father USA

11. Maiden name of mother Theresa Fuchs

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Fortune, Mary

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenography   Kind of industry or business Navy

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 25

17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   18. Racial origin Scottish

19. Residence Windsor Ave., Sydney Mines

20. Place of birth Florence, CB

21. Name of father Francis Fortune

22. Place of birth of father Sydney Mines

23. Maiden name of mother Marion MacNeil

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes

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25. When married 27 day of November 1945

26. Place of marriage  Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County

27. By license or banns Banns

28. Signature of

Groom Francis Joseph Himsl

Bride   Mary Fortune

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name John Edward Harrigan

Address  Edson, Alberta

Name Josephine MacLean

Address  38 Cossett St., Sydney

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

Officiating Clergyman M.J. MacSween

Address Sydney Mines

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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Divorce attached:

According to a certified copy of the Decree Absolute for Divorce dated 1973-12-28 and filed in the Office of the Registrar General under Divorce number NS, it is ordered that the marriage of Francis Joseph Himsl and Mary Fortune (Registered under marriage number 1945-135656) be null and void.

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