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Percy Frederick Risser and Nora Virginia Campbell married on 21 June 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003201

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473201

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road 47 London Street


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Risser, Percy Frederick

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer   4. Kind of industry or business Stoyer

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 23   7. Religious denomination Presbyterian

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin German

10. Residence 29 Rictor Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

12. Name of father Percy Frederick Risser

13. Maiden name of mother Adelaide Bushen

14. Birthplace Father Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia   Mother Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Campbell, Nora Virginia

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Baker   17. Kind of industry or business Food

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 21   20. Religious denomination Presbyterian

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence 55 Lynch Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Springhill, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father John Angus Campbell

26. Maiden name of mother Lilian Dorkis Cook

27. Birthplace Father Caledonia, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia   Mother Trinity Bay, Newfoundland


28. Date of marriage June 21 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87954


32. Signature of

Groom Percy Frederick Risser

Bride   Nora Virginia Campbell

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mrs. Florence MacEachern

Address   1566 Barrington Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Charles A. MacEachern

Address   1566 Barrington Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Arthur Gordon Faraday

Address 47 London Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Presbyterian

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