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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