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Walter Howard MacNamara and Barbara Joan Burton married on 23 August 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

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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