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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472251

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Whitford, John Edward

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Fireman, Halifax Fire Department   4. Kind of industry or business Fire Prevention

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 38   7. Religious denomination Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin dutch

10. Residence 45 Oak Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Poplar Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Harry Richardson Whitford

13. Maiden name of mother Bessie May Dixon

14. Birthplace Father Chester, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia   Mother Halifax, Nova Scotia

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Clarkson, Philamena

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 39   20. Religious denomination Presbyterian

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence 86 Birmingham Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Allan Charles Clarkson

26. Maiden name of mother Sarah Anne McIntyre

27. Birthplace Father Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia   Mother Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

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28. Date of marriage April 26 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87189

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32. Signature of

Groom John Edward Whitford

Bride   Philamena Clarkson

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Clyde A. Hodgson

Address   Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name E. ___________?

Address   Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman John C. Rand

Address St. Paul's Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England

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