Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002838
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19472838
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax
City, Town or Village Halifax
Street or Road St. Theresa's Glebe
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Calnen, Joseph Raymond
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Electric Welder 4. Kind of industry or business Shipbuilding
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 28 7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Irish
10. Residence 26 Edinburgh St., Halifax, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Jeremiah Joseph Calnen
13. Maiden name of mother Harriet Kathleen Brophy
14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Thomas, Nellie Rayford
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Domestic 17. Kind of industry or business
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 30 20. Religious denomination Church of England
21. Citizenship British 22. Racial origin English
23. Residence 26 Edinburgh St., Halifax, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Wales
25. Name of father Vibian Guy Thomas
26. Maiden name of mother Kate Weston
27. Birthplace Father England Mother England
28. Date of marriage June 4 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87490
32. Signature of
Groom Joseph Raymond Calnen
Bride Nellie Rayford Thomas
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name William B. Calnen
Address 26 Edinburgh St., Halifax, Nova Scotia
Name Geraldine Mary Whiteway
Address 91 Rufus St., Fairview, 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. Theresa's Glebe, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Roman Catholic
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