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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472760

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Rafuse, Lawrence William

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer   4. Kind of industry or business

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Divorced   6. Age 30   7. Religious denomination Presbyterian

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Dutch

10. Residence Gold River Lunenburg County

11. Place of birth Nova Scotia

12. Name of father William Rafuse

13. Maiden name of mother Ellen Adams

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Welch, Norah Winnifred

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Sales Clerk   17. Kind of industry or business

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 27   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship English   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Gold River Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth England

25. Name of father Joseph Welch

26. Maiden name of mother Ruth Gooch

27. Birthplace Father England   Mother India

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28. Date of marriage May 29 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87524

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32. Signature of

Groom Lawrence William Rafuse

Bride   Norah Winnifred Welch

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name

Address  

Name

Address  

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

Officiating Clergyman

Address

Religious denomination

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