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Edwin Thomas Grimes and Claire Margaret Carten married on 24 August 1946 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 140627

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  140627

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road 360 Barrington Street


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Grimes, Edwin Thomas

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   4. Kind of industry or business MontrealAustralia N. Zealand Steamship Lines

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 41   7. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 119 Blenheim Place, Westmount, Quebec

11. Place of birth Montreal, Quebec

12. Name of father Thomas Edward Grimes

13. Maiden name of mother Emily Waring

14. Birthplace Father England   Mother England


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Carten, Claire Margaret

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   17. Kind of industry or business Halifax City Hall

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 34   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 106 Queen Street, Halifax

24. Place of birth Boston, Mass.

25. Name of father Ernest Charles Carten

26. Maiden name of mother Alice Maude Devlin

27. Birthplace Father Halifax   Mother England


28. Date of marriage August 24 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 83609


32. Signature of

Groom Edwin Thomas Grimes

Bride   Claire Margaret Carten

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name W.E. Donovan

Address   106 Queen St.

Name Jean F. McInnis

Address   327 Tower Road

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

Officiating Clergyman Joseph E. Mills

Address St. Mary's Cathedral, Halifax

Religious denomination Catholic

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