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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  137123

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax in City or Town Halifax

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Van Buskirk, Harry St. Clair

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Light Keeper   Kind of industry or business Department of Transport Marine

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 27

5. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England   6. Racial origin

7. Residence Murphy Cove

8. Place of birth Murphy Cove

9. Name of father Harry Lawrence Van Buskirk

10. Place of birth of father Tangier

11. Maiden name of mother Elva Murphy

12. Can bridegroom read? yes   Write? yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Murphy, Ruth Aribelle

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 19

17. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England   18. Racial origin

19. Residence Murphy Cove

20. Place of birth Massachusetts, USA

21. Name of father Wallace Lowden Murphy

22. Place of birth of father Murphy Cove

23. Maiden name of mother Carrie Buttler

24. Can bride read? yes   Write? yes

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25. When married 2 day of April 1946

26. Place of marriage  Halifax, Halifax County

27. By license or banns 79275

28. Signature of

Groom Harry St. Clair Van Buskirk

Bride   Ruth Aribelle Murphy

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Guy Daudin

Address  55 Clarke St. Halifax

Name Rose Maria Barnes

Address  11 Belle Air Place, Halifax

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. Stone

Address St. Georges Rectory Halifax

Religious denomination Church of England

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