Registration: Year: 1946 number: 136981
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 136981
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Colchester
City, Town or Village Truro
Street or Road St. John's Church
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Gilday, John Edward
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Instrument Maker 4. Kind of industry or business Scientific Instruments
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 25 7. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Scottish
10. Residence 266 Queen St., Truro, Colchester County
11. Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
12. Name of father Edward Gilday
13. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Newlands
14. Birthplace Father Scotland Mother Scotland
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Heaver, Dorothy Florence Edith
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Teacher 17. Kind of industry or business Dept. of Education
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 26 20. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin English
23. Residence 266 Queen St., Truro, Col. County
24. Place of birth Truro, Col. County
25. Name of father John Heaver
26. Maiden name of mother Norah Francis Horne
27. Birthplace Father England Mother Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage April 20 1946 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 81747
32. Signature of
Groom John Edward Gilday
Bride Dorothy Florence Edith Heaver
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Edward Taylor
Address Truro
Name Kenneth Arthur Quinn
Address Halifax
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman G.R. Thompson
Address Truro
Religious denomination Church of England
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