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Boris Joseph Bochoff and Joan Adelaide Maxwell married on 24 May 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002676

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472676

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road St. Thomas' Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Bochoff, Boris Joseph

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Store manager   4. Kind of industry or business Grocery

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 26   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Bulgarian

10. Residence 257 North St. Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

12. Name of father Vasil Bochoff

13. Maiden name of mother Tillie Deveau

14. Birthplace Father Bulgaria   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Maxwell, Joan Adelaide

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 32   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch

23. Residence Purcell's Cove, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Joseph Stanley Maxwell

26. Maiden name of mother Marguerite Thomas

27. Birthplace Father England   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage May 24 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom Boris Joseph Bochoff

Bride   Joan Adelaide Maxwell

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Vasil Joseph Bochoff

Address   257 North St. Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Eileen Mary Maxwell

Address   Purcell's Cove, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Frederick J. Melanson

Address St. Thomas' Glebe Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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