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John Hamilton Purvis and Muriel Viola Hunt married on 23 August 1947 at Armdale, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004665

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474665

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Armdale

  Street or Road St. James Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Purvis, John Hamilton

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Shipper   4. Kind of industry or business Christie - Brown Biscuits

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 26   7. Religious denomination Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Apt.m10, Armview Apts. Tupper Grove, Halifax

11. Place of birth Windsor Nova Scotia

12. Name of father George Leo Purvis

13. Maiden name of mother Agnes Florence  Wile

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Hunt, Muriel Viola

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Cashier   17. Kind of industry or business Income Tax

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 22   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 294 Agricola St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Halifax

25. Name of father Joseph Wilfred Hunt

26. Maiden name of mother Susan Martha Hunt

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage August 23 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88739


32. Signature of

Groom John Hamilton Purvis

Bride   Muriel Viola Hunt

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Robert J.O’Neil

Address   53 Kenny St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Maria R. Mahon

Address   4 Cambridge St., 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, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England

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