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John Thomas Smith and Violet Elizabeth Hodgdon married on 9 August 1947 at Hantsport, Hants County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003966

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473966

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Hants

  City, Town or Village Hantsport

  Street or Road St. James United Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Smith, John Thomas

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   4. Kind of industry or business Groceries

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 20   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Windsor, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Cheverie, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father John William Smith

13. Maiden name of mother Norman Elenor Smith

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Hodgdon, Violet Elizabeth

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 17   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Hantsport, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Windsor, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Orrison James Hodgdon

26. Maiden name of mother Lillian Violet Ward

27. Birthplace Father Erden, Maine, USA   Mother Kentville, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage August 9 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88244


32. Signature of

Groom John Thomas Smith

Bride   Violet Elizabeth Hodgdon

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Lillian Hodgdon

Address   Hantsport, Nova Scotia

Name Orrison J. Hodgdon

Address   Hantsport, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Walter G. Davis

Address Hantsport, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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