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Earl Colwell Ward and Virginia Lee Veno married on 5 May 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002275

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472275

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Ward, Earl Colwell

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Soldier (Captain)   4. Kind of industry or business Dept. of National Defence

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

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence No. 6 District Depot, Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth St. John, New Brunswick

12. Name of father Orlando Colwell Ward

13. Maiden name of mother Mary Prudence Clark

14. Birthplace Father New Brunswick   Mother Newfoundland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Veno, Virginia Lee

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   17. Kind of industry or business Civil Servant

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 24   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 65 Chebucto Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Barss Corner, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Clarence Veno

26. Maiden name of mother Bessie Bezanson

27. Birthplace Father Cornwall, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia   Mother Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage May 5 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87209


32. Signature of

Groom Earl Colwell Ward

Bride   Virginia Lee Veno

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Muriel A. Pike

Address   Apt. 6, Willow Tree Hotel, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name George S. Pike

Address   Apt. 6, Willow Tree Hotel, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman James R. Millar

Address Command Chaplain, Headquarters, Eastern Command, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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