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John Franklin Forbes and Margaret Grace Sievert married on 25 April 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002260

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472260

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Forbes, John Franklin

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 30   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 26 Garden Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Goshen, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father John Franklin Forbes

13. Maiden name of mother Catherine Alma Rose Sutherland

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Sievert, Margaret Grace

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   17. Kind of industry or business At Home

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 25   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin German

23. Residence 89 Oakland Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Luckwald Edward Sievert

26. Maiden name of mother Grace Isabella Hopgood

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage April 25 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 86984


32. Signature of

Groom John Franklin Forbes

Bride   Margaret Grace Sievert

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name William E. Lent

Address   Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Name Susanah P. Foster

Address   9 Bloomingdale Terrace, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman T. W. Savary

Address 354 Robie Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England

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