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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  14085

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road Cornwallis Street Baptist Church

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Gordon, Joseph Anthony

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 31   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship British   9. Racial origin African

10. Residence 133 West 113th, St., New Yorke

11. Place of birth Jamaica

12. Name of father Theophelus Gordon

13. Maiden name of mother Ambrozine Elliston

14. Birthplace Father Manchster, Jamaica   Mother St. Katherine, Jamaica

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Bowen, Helen

16. Trade, profession of kind of work At home   17. Kind of industry or business

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 21   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin African

23. Residence Halifax

24. Place of birth Halifax

25. Name of father H.B. Wills

26. Maiden name of mother Lena Bowen

27. Birthplace Father Halifax   Mother Halifax

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28. Date of marriage July 4 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 82979

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32. Signature of

Groom Joseph Anthony Gordon

Bride   Helen Bowen

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Clamenie C. Matthews

Address   Halifax

Name Constance Galon

Address   112 Maitland Street,

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

Officiating Clergyman W.P. Oliver

Address 49 Cornwallis Street, Halifax

Religious denomination Baptist

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