Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003941
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19473941
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax
City, Town or Village Halifax
Street or Road United Memorial Manse 565 Gottingen St.
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full MacNamara, Walter Howard
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Tankman 4. Kind of industry or business Halifax Shipyards
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 21 7. Religious denomination Catholic
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Irish
10. Residence 948 Barrington Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father John Westley MacNamara
13. Maiden name of mother ____ Lillian Little
14. Birthplace Father Halifax, Nova Scotia Mother Halifax, Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Burton, Barbara Joan
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Checker 17. Kind of industry or business Simpsons Department Store
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 18 20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin English
23. Residence 344 Agricola Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father George Robert Burton
26. Maiden name of mother Muriel Alberta Yeadon
27. Birthplace Father Halifax, Nova Scotia Mother Spryfield, Halifax, Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage August 23 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89067
32. Signature of
Groom Walter Howard MacNamara
Bride Barbara Joan Burton
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name G. H. Yeadon
Address Armdale, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Name R. M. MacNamara
Address 1420 Barrington Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman D. B. Tupper
Address Hopewell, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination The United Church of Canada
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