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William Thomas Snow and Jeannette Christina Rankin married on 9 June 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002885

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472885

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road 42 Windsor St.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Snow, William Thomas

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Seaman   4. Kind of industry or business Merchant Navy

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 26   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Newfoundland   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence c/o H.M.C.S. Dockyard, Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Topsail, Newfoundland

12. Name of father Isaiah Snow

13. Maiden name of mother Sarah Moors

14. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Rankin, Jeannette Christina

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Diet Kitchen Maid   17. Kind of industry or business Camp Hill Hospital

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 27   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch

23. Residence 2 Lockman Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Caribou Gold Mines, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Leonard Rankin

26. Maiden name of mother Margaret Wiswell

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage June 9 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87789


32. Signature of

Groom William Thomas Snow

Bride   Jeannette Christina Rankin

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Francis Winthrop Snair

Address   145 Morris St. Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Josephine Marie Bell

Address   2 Lockman Ave.

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

Officiating Clergyman John J.E. Bell

Address 42 Windsor St. Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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