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James Wallace Pettit and Jean Lillian Ford married on 2 August 1946 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 140508

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  140508

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Pettit, James Wallace

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 19   7. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence H.M.C.S. Stadacona, Haliflax

11. Place of birth Welland, Ontario, Canada

12. Name of father William Gordon Petit

13. Maiden name of mother Dorothy Amelia Reid

14. Birthplace Father Ontario, Canada   Mother Ireland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Ford, Jean Lillian

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   17. Kind of industry or business Government Office

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 24   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 216 Robie Street, Halifax

24. Place of birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada

25. Name of father Walter Ford

26. Maiden name of mother Hazel Margaret Drummond

27. Birthplace Father Quebec, Canada   Mother Quebec, Canada


28. Date of marriage August 2 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 83585


32. Signature of

Groom James Wallace Pettit

Bride   Jean Lillian Ford

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Margaret M. Ford

Address   5236 Bannantyne Ave, Montreal

Name Murray Wood

Address   Halifax

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

Officiating Clergyman J.A. MacKenzie

Address Halifax

Religious denomination United Church

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