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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  143262

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax in City or Town Halifax

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Woodhouse, Leslie Byron

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Dispenser   Kind of industry or business Hospital dispensary

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widowed   4. Age 55

5. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England   6. Racial origin English

7. Residence 341 North St. Halifax

8. Place of birth Cambridge, England

9. Name of father David Charles Woodhouse

10. Place of birth of father Birmingham, England

11. Maiden name of mother Louise Kendall

12. Can bridegroom read? yes   Write? yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Colwell, Violet Alfretta

14. Trade, profession of kind of work housekeeper   Kind of industry or business

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Widowed   16. Age 61

17. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence 2 Devonshire Ave. Halifax

20. Place of birth Wolfville

21. Name of father James Graves

22. Place of birth of father Cunard

23. Maiden name of mother Mary Sabine

24. Can bride read? yes   Write? yes

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25. When married 11 day of December 1946

26. Place of marriage St. Georges Church Halifax, Halifax County

27. By license or banns 85696

28. Signature of

Groom Leslie Byron Woodhouse

Bride   Violet Alfretta Colwell

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Julius Bernard Sieniewinz

Address  196 North St. Halifax

Name Nora Edith Laing

Address  341 North St. Halifax

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. Stone

Address St. George's Church, Halifax

Religious denomination Church of England

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