Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002316
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19472316
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax
City, Town or Village Halifax
Street or Road 45 Vernon Street
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Giffin, Oscar MacRitchie
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Truck Driver 4. Kind of industry or business Delivery Service
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 26 7. Religious denomination Baptist
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Scottish
10. Residence Goldboro, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Goldboro, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Oscar Giffin
13. Maiden name of mother Pearl Giffin
14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Samuelson, Shirley Paula
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk 17. Kind of industry or business Bank of Nova Scotia
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 19 20. Religious denomination Church of England
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Icelandic
23. Residence Goldboro, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father Christian Samuelson
26. Maiden name of mother Florence Matthews
27. Birthplace Father Iceland Mother Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage May 6 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87211
32. Signature of
Groom Oscar MacRitchie Giffin
Bride Shirley Paula Samuelson
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Erma M. MacArthur
Address 33 Westmount Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Name Marion C. Ackhurst
Address 29 Vernon Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman H. L. Devlow
Address 45 Vernon Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination United Baptist
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