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Augustus Allen Shaw and Lillian Frances Abbott married on 23 December 1946 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 143313

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  143313

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road St. George's Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Shaw, Augustus Allen

3. Trade, profession of kind of work merchant seaman   4. Kind of industry or business Imperial Oil Steamships

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 33   7. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence 139 Gottingen, Halifax, Halifax County

11. Place of birth Sandy Point, Newfoundland

12. Name of father Samuel Shaw

13. Maiden name of mother Emily Margarit Nichols

14. Birthplace Father Sandy Point, Newfoundland   Mother Moser River


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Abbott, Lillian Frances

16. Trade, profession of kind of work housekeeper   17. Kind of industry or business apartment house

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 36   20. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 139 Gottingen St., Halifax, Halifax County

24. Place of birth Georgetown, Kings County, Prince Edward Island

25. Name of father John George Abbott

26. Maiden name of mother Etta Jean Johnson

27. Birthplace Father Fortune Bridge, Prince Edward Island   Mother Head St. Margaret Bay


28. Date of marriage December 23 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 85880


32. Signature of

Groom Augustus Allen Shaw

Bride   Lillian Frances Abbott

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Harold Wilfred Meliss

Address   20 Maynard St., Halifax

Name Viola Grace Melvill

Address   120 Gottingen Street, 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 Rectory, 43 Cornwallis St., Halifax

Religious denomination Church of England in Canada

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