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Walter James Peters and Willena Cecilia Grant married on 2 February 1946 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 136337

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  136337

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road St. Andrews Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Peters, Walter James

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Fireman   4. Kind of industry or business Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 22   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English Finnish

10. Residence 4156 Venables Street, Vancouver, North Burnaby, British Columbia

11. Place of birth Brightview, Alberta

12. Name of father Walter Peters

13. Maiden name of mother Esther Ronta

14. Birthplace Father British Columbia   Mother Finland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Grant, Willena Cecilia

16. Trade, profession of kind of work At Home   17. Kind of industry or business

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Widowed   19. Age 25   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence 102 George Street, Sydney, Cape Breton County

24. Place of birth Sydney, Cape Breton County

25. Name of father Cecil McPherson

26. Maiden name of mother Effie Cheverie

27. Birthplace Father Springhill, Cumberland County   Mother New Westminster, British Columbia


28. Date of marriage February 2 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 80515


32. Signature of

Groom Walter James Peters

Bride   Willena Cecilia Grant

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Dorothy Lewis

Address   328 George Street, Sydney, Cape Breton County

Name W. D. Thiadis

Address   14 Strathcona Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

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

Officiating Clergyman illegible

Address 262 Bentrich Street, Sydney, Cape Breton County

Religious denomination United Church

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