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Arthur Kent Griffin and Julia Aurelia Swanburg married on 19 May 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002553

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472553

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road St. David's Church, Halifax


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Griffin, Arthur Kent

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Professor of Classics   4. Kind of industry or business King's College Halifax

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widowed   6. Age 54   7. Religious denomination Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 4 Studley Ave., Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Kincardine, Ontario, Canada

12. Name of father Arthur Kent Griffin

13. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Lucretia Powell

14. Birthplace Father Ontario, Canada   Mother Ontario, Canada


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Swanburg, Julia Aurelia

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Teacher   17. Kind of industry or business At home

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 26   20. Religious denomination Universalist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Swedish and Scottish

23. Residence School St., Armdale, Halifax County

24. Place of birth Shelburne, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Angus MacKay Swanburg

26. Maiden name of mother Margaret Russell Corbett

27. Birthplace Father Shelburne, Nova Scotia   Mother Shelburne, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage May 19 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87319


32. Signature of

Groom Arthur Kent Griffin

Bride   Julia Aurelia Swanburg

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Margaret Russell Swanburg

Address   64 LeMarchant St.

Name Harry Everett Dysart

Address   King's College, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Fredercik Friggens

Address 101 LeMarchant Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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