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Gerard Leonard Joseph Benoit and Marjorie Sylvia Allen married on 27 June 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003442

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473442

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road Trinity Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Benoit, Gerard Leonard Joseph

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Distributor   4. Kind of industry or business Aluminum Goods of Canada

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 25   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin French

10. Residence 46 Charles St., Halifax, Nova Scotia (moved from 490 Robie St.)

11. Place of birth Montreal, P.Q.

12. Name of father Rosairo Benoit

13. Maiden name of mother Flora Richard

14. Birthplace Father Quebec   Mother Quebec


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Allen, Marjorie Sylvia

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Comptomter Operator   17. Kind of industry or business Halifax Shipyards

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 21   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch

23. Residence 38 Columbus St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Bertram Wendel Allen

26. Maiden name of mother Eula May Ogilvie

27. Birthplace Father Prince Edward Island   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage June 27 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87497


32. Signature of

Groom Gerard Leonard Joseph Benoit

Bride   Marjorie Sylvia Allen

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Thomas Henry Leonard

Address   23 Kane St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Aletha Vera Grace Allen

Address   38 Columbus St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman F.A.W. Heffler

Address 19 Jennings St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England in Canada

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