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Walter Jacob Galent and Helen Gertrude Rockwell married on 28 September 1946 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 141929

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  141929

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road St John's United Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Galent, Walter Jacob

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 30   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Polish

10. Residence Mannville, Alberta

11. Place of birth Southey, Sask.

12. Name of father Ludwig Galenzoski

13. Maiden name of mother Annie Kramer

14. Birthplace Father Austria   Mother Austria


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Rockwell, Helen Gertrude

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 25   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 7 1/2 Pepperell St., Halifax

24. Place of birth Halifax

25. Name of father John Percy Rockwell

26. Maiden name of mother Gertrude Florence Greenough

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage September 28 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 84335


32. Signature of

Groom Walter Jacob Galent

Bride   Helen Gertrude Rockwell

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Donald F. Rockwell

Address   7 1/2 Pepperell St., Halifax

Name Joan I. Colwell

Address   165 Henry St., Halifax

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

Officiating Clergyman T. D. MacLeod

Address Halifax

Religious denomination United Church of Can.

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