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Claude Matthews and Marjorie Ethel Lucille Wentzell married on 20 February 1946 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 136462

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  136462

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road St. John's United Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Matthews, Claude

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Lawyer   4. Kind of industry or business General Practice

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 33   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Newfoundland   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 23 Vernon St., Halifax

11. Place of birth Newfoundland

12. Name of father Morgan Matthews

13. Maiden name of mother Emily Hanlon

14. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Wentzell, Marjorie Ethel Lucille

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   17. Kind of industry or business General

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Divorced   19. Age 31   20. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Dutch

23. Residence 18 Yukon St., Halifax

24. Place of birth Oakland, Lunenburg County

25. Name of father Lavinius Wentzell

26. Maiden name of mother Ethel Heisler

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage February 20 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 81135


32. Signature of

Groom Claude Matthews

Bride   Marjorie Ethel Lucille Wentzell

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Viola Wentzell

Address   Mahone Bay, L. Burg County

Name Jessen Wentzell

Address   25 Vernon St., Halifax

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

Officiating Clergyman T.D. MacLeod

Address 109 Willow, Halifax

Religious denomination United Church of Can

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