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John Forbes Lindsay and Sophia Frances McCluskey married on 15 October 1946 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 142544

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  142544

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road 47 London


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Lindsay, John Forbes

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Storekeeper   4. Kind of industry or business HMC Dockyard

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widowed   6. Age 50   7. Religious denomination Presbyterian

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 86 MacDonald St., Halifax

11. Place of birth Paisley, Scotland

12. Name of father John Forbes Lindsay

13. Maiden name of mother Mary Storrie

14. Birthplace Father Scotland   Mother Scotland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full McCluskey, Sophia Frances

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Divorced   19. Age 58   20. Religious denomination Jewish

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Polish

23. Residence 86 MacDonald Street, Halifax

24. Place of birth Warsaw, Poland

25. Name of father Isadore Winnaver

26. Maiden name of mother Pearl Giskin

27. Birthplace Father Warsaw, Poland, Russia   Mother Warsaw, Poland, Russia


28. Date of marriage October 15 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 84808


32. Signature of

Groom John Forbes Lindsay

Bride   Sophia Frances McCluskey

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Melda Furzey

Address   49 London St., Halifax

Name Ann Faraday

Address   47 London St., Halifax

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

Officiating Clergyman Arthur Gordon Faraday

Address 47 London Street, Halifax

Religious denomination Presbyterian

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