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Thomas Calvin Risley and Frances Geraldine Burke married on 18 May 1946 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 137805

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  137805

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road St. Mary's Glebe


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Risley, Thomas Calvin

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 29   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Welsh

10. Residence 9 Church St., Halifax

11. Place of birth Sydney

12. Name of father Wilfred Risley

13. Maiden name of mother Wilhemina Robertson

14. Birthplace Father Bradford, Vermont, USA   Mother Glasgow, Scotland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Burke, Frances Geraldine

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Registered nurse   17. Kind of industry or business

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence 265 Whitney Ave., Sydney

24. Place of birth Sydney

25. Name of father William J. Burke

26. Maiden name of mother Francis Harkins

27. Birthplace Father Lingan   Mother St. John, New Brunswick


28. Date of marriage May 18 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number banns


32. Signature of

Groom Thomas Calvin Risley

Bride   Frances Geraldine Burke

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Edward Patrick Murphy

Address   170 Whitney Ave., Sydney

Name Eileen Burke

Address   265 Whitney Ave., Sydney

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

Officiating Clergyman A. B. Leverma ?

Address St. Mary's Glebe, Halifax

Religious denomination Catholic

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