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William Clifford Houlihan and Gwendolyn Alice Brackett married on 27 April 1946 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 137224

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  137224

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road St. Thomas Aquinas Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Houlihan, William Clifford

3. Trade, profession of kind of work R.C.O.C.   4. Kind of industry or business Auditor

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 24   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence 243 Brunswick St., Halifax

11. Place of birth Halifax

12. Name of father Edward Houlihan

13. Maiden name of mother Beatrice Duggan

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Brackett, Gwendolyn Alice

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   17. Kind of industry or business E. I Gillis & County

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 23   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish Welsh

23. Residence Vernon Street, Halifax

24. Place of birth Halifax

25. Name of father John Brackett

26. Maiden name of mother Anne Gorman

27. Birthplace Father Herring Cove   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage April 27 1946   29. By license or banns Banns 30. License number Banns


32. Signature of

Groom William Clifford Houlihan

Bride   Gwendolyn Alice Brackett

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name H. Redmond

Address   5 North Park St., Hfx.

Name Margaret Nunn

Address   141 Walnut St., Hfx.

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

Officiating Clergyman John L. Duncan

Address St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Halifax

Religious denomination Catholic

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