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Richard Murray Whitters and Evelyn Jean Bowser married on 10 June 1947 at Bayside, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002868

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472868

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Bayside

  Street or Road Bayside Baptist Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Whitters, Richard Murray

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Wireless Operator   4. Kind of industry or business R.C.A.F.

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

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence Sussex, New Brunswick

11. Place of birth Sussex, New Brunswick

12. Name of father William Thomas Whitters

13. Maiden name of mother Bessie Christiana Thorne

14. Birthplace Father Sussex, New Brunswick   Mother Canaan, New Brunswick


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Bowser, Evelyn Jean

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

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin German

23. Residence Green Road, Armdale, Halifax County

24. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Peter Howard Bowser

26. Maiden name of mother Evangeline Mae Fader

27. Birthplace Father Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia   Mother Bayside, Halifax Co


28. Date of marriage June 10 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87798


32. Signature of

Groom Richard Murray Whitters

Bride   Evelyn Jean Bowser

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Irene Balcombe

Address   Bayside Halifax Co

Name James Steffel

Address   R.C.A.F. Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman A.R.W. Murray

Address 548 1/2 Robie Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Baptist

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