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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  135834

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax in City or Town Halifax

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Thornton, Jack William

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Grocer   Kind of industry or business Thornton's Grocery, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (Proprietor)

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 35

5. Religious denomination Presbyterian   6. Racial origin English

7. Residence 127 Windmill Road, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

8. Place of birth Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

9. Name of father William Robert Thornton

10. Place of birth of father Nova Scotia

11. Maiden name of mother Sybil May Tufts

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Bourque, Amelda Margaret

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Registered nurse   Kind of industry or business Halifax Infirmary

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 27

17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   18. Racial origin French

19. Residence 5 Kent Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth Sluice Point, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia

21. Name of father Archibald Joseph Bourque

22. Place of birth of father Nova Scotia

23. Maiden name of mother Grace Marie d'Entremont

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25. When married 29 day of December 1945

26. Place of marriage 360 Barrington Street Halifax, Halifax County

27. By license or banns 80572

28. Signature of

Groom Jack William Thornton

Bride   Amelda Margaret Bourque

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Harold R. Bowell

Address  Bridgetown, Nova Scotia

Name Gertrude Margaret Scully

Address  103 Vernon Street, Halifax

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

Officiating Clergyman Joseph E. Mills

Address St. Mary's Cathedral, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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