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Donald Hugh Laffin and Mary Winefride Chipman married on 16 September 1946 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 143568

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  143568

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road St. Joseph's Church, Russell St.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Laffin, Donald Hugh

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Bank Clerk   4. Kind of industry or business Banking

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

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence Yarmouth

11. Place of birth New Waterford

12. Name of father Michael Joseph Laffin

13. Maiden name of mother Margaret MacDougall

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Chipman, Mary Winefride

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 29   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Yarmouth

24. Place of birth Stone Falls, British Columbia

25. Name of father Alvin Lewis Chipman

26. Maiden name of mother Lillian May Garland

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Manitoba


28. Date of marriage September 16 1946   29. By license or banns Banns 30. License number Banns


32. Signature of

Groom Donald Hugh Laffin

Bride   Mary Winefride Chipman

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Michael A. Laffin

Address   New Waterford

Name Margaret Allison Chipman

Address   Truro

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

Officiating Clergyman Richard J. Laffin

Address 80 James St. Sydney

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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