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Ewart Albert Sim Hetherington and Joan Elizabeth Godsoe married on 19 July 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003712

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473712

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road St Matthew’s United Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Hetherington, Ewart Albert Sim

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Social Worker   4. Kind of industry or business D.V.A. Hospital

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 35   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence 250 Cottingham Street, Toronto, Ontario

11. Place of birth New Westminister, British Columbia

12. Name of father Albert Edward Heatherington

13. Maiden name of mother Ethel Mae Sim

14. Birthplace Father Ontario   Mother Ontario


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Godsoe, Joan Elizabeth

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 29   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 104 1/2 Queen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Herbert David Godsoe

26. Maiden name of mother Julia Anna Heckman

27. Birthplace Father New Brunswick   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage July 19 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88437


32. Signature of

Groom Ewart Albert Sim Hetherington

Bride   Joan Elizabeth Godsoe

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Marjorie Elizabeth Barrett

Address   Beaverbank, Halifax County Nova Scotia

Name Herbert H. Godsoe

Address   104 1/2 Queen Street, Halifax Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Norman M. Slaughter

Address 87 Inglis Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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