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Archibald Henry Blair Purves and Nancy Temple Burrill married on 29 March 1946 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 136825

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  136825

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road Fort Massey Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Purves, Archibald Henry Blair

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 28   7. Religious denomination Presbyterian

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 271 Tower Road, Halifax

11. Place of birth Ontario, Carleton County, Ottawa

12. Name of father Thomas Dickson Archibald Purves

13. Maiden name of mother Caroline Ewart Blair

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Burrill, Nancy Temple

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Secretary   17. Kind of industry or business R.C.M.P.

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 28   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence Berkeley Apts., Inglis St., Halifax

24. Place of birth Nova Scotia, Yarmouth County, Yarmouth

25. Name of father Frederick Temple Burrill

26. Maiden name of mother Pearl Crawford MacDonald

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage March 29 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 81540


32. Signature of

Groom Archibald Henry Blair Purves

Bride   Nancy Temple Burrill

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name James K. Purves

Address   271 Tower Rd., Hfx.

Name Elsie Small

Address   Berkeley Apts., Hfx.

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

Officiating Clergyman Gerald Rogers

Address 21 Edward St., Halifax

Religious denomination The United Church of Canada

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