Registration: Year: 1946 number: 136404
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 136404
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax
City, Town or Village Armdale
Street or Road St. John the Baptist Church
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Shipley, Gerald Joseph
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Machinist Apprentice 4. Kind of industry or business Hfx. Ship Yards
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 23 7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin English
10. Residence 69 Shirley Street, Halifax
11. Place of birth Halifax, Province of Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Robert Fredrick Shipley
13. Maiden name of mother Grace Marie Sims
14. Birthplace Father Halifax, County Mother Hubbards, Hfx. Co
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Pettipas, Laura Theresa
16. Trade, profession of kind of work at home 17. Kind of industry or business at home
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 20 20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin French
23. Residence Spryfield
24. Place of birth Portuguese Cove, Hfx. County
25. Name of father Arthur Pettipas
26. Maiden name of mother Ada Fry
27. Birthplace Father Portuguese Cove Mother Halifax
28. Date of marriage February 27 1946 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 80877
32. Signature of
Groom Gerald Joseph Shipley
Bride Laura Theresa Pettipas
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Basil Tather
Address Herring Cove
Name Helen Shipley
Address 69 Shirley St. Halifax
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman P. Martin
Address Armdale
Religious denomination Catholic
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