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John Edward Tobin and Reta Marie Butler married on 17 June 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003181

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473181

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road St Joseph’s Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Tobin, John Edward

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Accountant   4. Kind of industry or business War Assets

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 27   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish & English

10. Residence Apt 8 Kent Manor, Kent St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Kentville, Nova Scotia,Canada

12. Name of father John Thomas Tobin

13. Maiden name of mother Gertrude  Lynagh

14. Birthplace Father Town Plot, Kings County, Nova Scotia   Mother Halifax, Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Butler, Reta Marie

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Public Health Nurse   17. Kind of industry or business Public Health Clinic

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 28   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence 85 Macara St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

24. Place of birth Halifax,Nova Scotia, Canada

25. Name of father Richard Thomas Butler

26. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Alice Hazell

27. Birthplace Father Halifax Nova Scotia   Mother Halifax Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage June 17 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom John Edward Tobin

Bride   Reta Marie Butler

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Felix Daniel Tobin

Address   Bridgetown, Nova Scotia

Name Annabelle Lawton

Address   243 Almon St., Halifax Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Francis Tooney

Address 311 Brunswick St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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