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Joseph Raymond Calnen and Nellie Rayford Thomas married on 4 June 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

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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