Registration: Year: 1946 number: 14043
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 14043
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax
City, Town or Village Halifax
Street or Road St. Patrick's Rectory, 311 Brunswick St.
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Devanney, Murray Douglas
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk 4. Kind of industry or business Post Office
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 22 7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Irish
10. Residence 71 Cornwallis Street, Halifax
11. Place of birth Halifax
12. Name of father Edward Devanney
13. Maiden name of mother Mary Coolen
14. Birthplace Father Halifax Mother Prospect
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Poley, Ruth Lunam
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk 17. Kind of industry or business Retail Drug
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 21 20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Dutch
23. Residence Campbellton, New Brunswick
24. Place of birth Campbellton, New Brunswick
25. Name of father Bevan Poley
26. Maiden name of mother Flora Duncan
27. Birthplace Father Canada Mother Canada
28. Date of marriage July 1 1946 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 82973
32. Signature of
Groom Murray Douglas Devanney
Bride Ruth Lunam Poley
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Eugene Montague Devanney
Address 26 Glebe St., Halifax
Name Jeanette Marjory Foley
Address Tide Head, New Brunswick
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman John Francis Toomey
Address 311 Brunswick Street, Halifax
Religious denomination Catholic
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