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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  136443

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road 44 Cornwallis St.

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Bryon, Winfield DeCosta

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Seaman   4. Kind of industry or business

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 21   7. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin African

10. Residence Halifax

11. Place of birth Sydney

12. Name of father Rambert Bryon

13. Maiden name of mother Kathleen Collymore

14. Birthplace Father Barbadoes, B.W.I.   Mother Barbadoes, B.W.I.

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Parris, Evelyn Joyce

16. Trade, profession of kind of work at home   17. Kind of industry or business

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 17   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin African

23. Residence Halifax

24. Place of birth Halifax

25. Name of father James Parris

26. Maiden name of mother Stella Parsons

27. Birthplace Father Truro, Can.   Mother Nova Scotia, Canada

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28. Date of marriage January 28 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 81003

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32. Signature of

Groom Winfield DeCosta Bryon

Bride   Evelyn Joyce Parris

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Courtney Samuels

Address   Dartmouth

Name Melda Ellis

Address   217 Halifax

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

Officiating Clergyman W.P. Oliver

Address 49 Corwallis St., Halifax

Religious denomination Baptist

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