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Horace James Meade and Blanche Ethel Matthews married on 14 March 1946 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 136796

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  136796

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road St. George's Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Meade, Horace James

3. Trade, profession of kind of work seaman   4. Kind of industry or business H.M.C.S. Dockyard

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 21   7. Religious denomination Salvation Army

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Nova Scotia, Hfx. County, Halifax, 3B Creighton St.

11. Place of birth Nova Scotia County, North Sydney

12. Name of father Charles Meade

13. Maiden name of mother Lena Kettle

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia, English Harbor   Mother Newfoundland, Port au Basques


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Matthews, Blanche Ethel

16. Trade, profession of kind of work waitress   17. Kind of industry or business Canteen, 7 Argyle St., Halifax

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 23   20. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Nova Scotia, Hfx. County, Halifax, 35 Cogswell St.

24. Place of birth Newfoundland, Port au Basques

25. Name of father Albert Matthews

26. Maiden name of mother Mae Sheares

27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland, Port au Basques   Mother Newfoundland, Port au Basques


28. Date of marriage March 14 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 81363


32. Signature of

Groom Horace James Meade

Bride   Blanche Ethel Matthews

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name James Gordon Stafford

Address   14 Needham St., Halifax

Name Bernice Elizabeth Meade

Address   3 Creighton St., Halifax

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. Stone

Address St. George's Rectory, 43 Corwallis St., Halifax

Religious denomination Church of England in Canada

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