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John Lamont Downie and Margit Emilie Hurum married on 9 April 1946 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 137156

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  137156

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road 47 London St.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Downie, John Lamont

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Master Mariner   4. Kind of industry or business Merchant Service

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 32   7. Religious denomination Presbyterian

8. Citizenship British   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 199 Copland Rd., Glasgow, P.W.I.

11. Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland

12. Name of father James Downie

13. Maiden name of mother Marian Lamont

14. Birthplace Father Tiree, Scotland   Mother Tiree, Scotland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Hurum, Margit Emilie

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Secretary   17. Kind of industry or business British Government

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 29   20. Religious denomination Lutheran

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Norwegian

23. Residence 24 Jane St., New York, N.Y.

24. Place of birth Holden, Alberta

25. Name of father Harald Hurum

26. Maiden name of mother Ester Graham

27. Birthplace Father Norway   Mother Sweden


28. Date of marriage April 9 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 81704


32. Signature of

Groom John Lamont Downie

Bride   Margit Emilie Hurum

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Laurence Ker Mitchell

Address   27 Green Street, Strathaven, Lanark., Scotland

Name Ann F.G. Faraday

Address   47 London St., Halifax

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

Officiating Clergyman Frank Lawson

Address 46 Francklyn St., Halifax

Religious denomination Presbyterian

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