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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472499

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Hendsbee, Laurie Oland

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Nursing Orderly   4. Kind of industry or business Dept. Veterans Affairs

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 21   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 30 West St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Antigonish, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Naaman Hendsbee

13. Maiden name of mother Arvilla Sophia Hendshee

14. Birthplace Father Half Island Cove, Nova Scotia   Mother

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Purchase, Doreen Blanche

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Telephone Operator   17. Kind of industry or business Maritime Tel & Telephone County

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 17   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 57 Agricola Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father William Edward Purchase

26. Maiden name of mother Mary Catherine Smith

27. Birthplace Father Halifax, Nova Scotia   Mother Tantallon, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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28. Date of marriage May 7 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number

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32. Signature of

Groom Laurie Oland Hendsbee

Bride   Doreen Blanche Purchase

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Russell Conwell Hendsbee

Address   12 Maynard Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Lillian Mary Purchase

Address   57 Agricola Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman __________?

Address St. George's Rectory, 43 Cornwallis Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England in Canada

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