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James William Strachan and Irma Beryl Timmins married on 5 July 1947 at Dartmouth, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003555

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473555

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Dartmouth

  Street or Road R.C.H.F. Chapel


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Strachan, James William

3. Trade, profession of kind of work R.C.A.F   4. Kind of industry or business R.C.A.F.

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 27   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 129 Willow St. Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth St. John, New Brunswick

12. Name of father Jamie MacHardy Strachan

13. Maiden name of mother Ida Cave

14. Birthplace Father Perth, Scotland   Mother Great Harwood, England


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Timmins, Irma Beryl

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   17. Kind of industry or business Naval Service

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 26   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 7 Lilac St. Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Guy William Timmins

26. Maiden name of mother Alice Bruce

27. Birthplace Father Halifax, Nova Scotia   Mother Halifax, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage July 5 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88192


32. Signature of

Groom James William Strachan

Bride   Irma Beryl Timmins

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Margaret Clark

Address   11 Young Ave. Halifax

Name Robert H. Sumsbury

Address   23 Morris Ave. Clarence Park Ave City Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman H. Bond James

Address Ellershouse Hants County Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Baptist

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