Registration: Year: 1946 number: 141230
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 141230
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax
City, Town or Village Halifax
Street or Road St. Mary's Cathedral
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Dwyer, John Stephen
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Police Officer 4. Kind of industry or business Halifax Police Force
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 31 7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Irish
10. Residence 118 Queen Street, Halifax
11. Place of birth Halifax
12. Name of father John P. Dwyer
13. Maiden name of mother Grace Willis
14. Birthplace Father Halifax Mother Halifax
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full James, Rita Elizabeth
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 Irish
23. Residence 49 Livingstone Street, Halifax
24. Place of birth Soldier's Cove, Richmond County, Cape Breton
25. Name of father William James
26. Maiden name of mother Margaret Campbell
27. Birthplace Father St. Peters Bay, Prince Edward Island Mother Hay Cove, C.B
28. Date of marriage August 29 1946 29. By license or banns License 30. License number
32. Signature of
Groom John Stephen Dwyer
Bride Rita Elizabeth James
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Francis Xavier Dwyer
Address 113 Dresden Row
Name Margaret Dorthea Sim
Address 117 Morris Street
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman William J. Burns
Address 360 Barrington Street
Religious denomination Catholic
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