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Richard Clifford Bristow and Rho Ellen Olafson married on 22 June 1946 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 139380

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  139380

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road H.M.C.S. "Warrior", Halifax


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Bristow, Richard Clifford

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Telegraphist   4. Kind of industry or business Royal Canadian Navy

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 25   7. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence H.M.C.S. Warrior, Halifax

11. Place of birth Victoria, British Columbia

12. Name of father Horace Edward Bristow

13. Maiden name of mother Alice Sarah Burden

14. Birthplace Father England   Mother England


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Olafson, Rho Ellen

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Writer   17. Kind of industry or business W.R.C.Nova Scotia

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 28   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Iselandic

23. Residence H.M.C.S. "Stadacona", Halifax

24. Place of birth Mortlach, Saskatchewan

25. Name of father Olaf Olafson

26. Maiden name of mother Ella Egilson

27. Birthplace Father Ireland   Mother Manitoba


28. Date of marriage June 22 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 82705


32. Signature of

Groom Richard Clifford Bristow

Bride   Rho Ellen Olafson

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Frank Haughton

Address   H.M.C.S. Warrior

Name Sylvia Stone

Address   Tufts Cove, Dartmouth

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

Officiating Clergyman B.A. Peylan

Address H.M.C.S. "Warrior", Halifax

Religious denomination Church of England

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