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Daniel Francis Merlin and Josephine Benedicta Jessome married on 5 July 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003672

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473672

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road 360 Barrington Street


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Merlin, Daniel Francis

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Tailor   4. Kind of industry or business Clayton's, Halifax

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

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 359 Portland St., Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Kenneth Merlin

13. Maiden name of mother Katherine Lovett

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Jessome, Josephine Benedicta

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 23   20. Religious denomination Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English-Scottish

23. Residence 19 1/2 South St. Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Bull Creek, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Henry Jessome

26. Maiden name of mother Mary Catherine McDougall

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


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


32. Signature of

Groom Daniel Francis Merlin

Bride   Josephine Benedicta Jessome

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name John K. Merlin

Address   16 Yuban St. Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Agnes Jessome

Address   19 1/2 South Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Louis A. Dougan

Address St. Mary's Cathedral, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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