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James Nelson Innes and Ruby Louise Bishop married on 16 August 1947 at Armdale, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004609

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474609

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Armdale

  Street or Road


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Innes, James Nelson

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Manager   4. Kind of industry or business Bank of Commerce

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

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Belleoram, Newfoundland

11. Place of birth Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

12. Name of father James Innes

13. Maiden name of mother Barbara Ellen Nelson

14. Birthplace Father Scotland   Mother New Brunswick


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Bishop, Ruby Louise

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   17. Kind of industry or business Royal Canadian Navy

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 25   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship Newfoundland   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 206 Dutch Village Road, Armdale, Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Badger's Quay, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland

25. Name of father Hugh Bishop

26. Maiden name of mother Hannah Frances Jeans

27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland


28. Date of marriage August 16 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88817


32. Signature of

Groom James Nelson Innes

Bride   Ruby Louise Bishop

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Audrey Elizabeth LeBlanc

Address   206 Dutch Village Road, Fairview, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Henry W. Messer

Address   59 Dublin Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman C. O. Holm

Address St. James Rectory, Armdale, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England

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