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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