Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004885
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19474885
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax
City, Town or Village Halifax
Street or Road Bethany United Church
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Stewart, John Thomas
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Clergyman 4. Kind of industry or business Religious
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 25 7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Scottish
10. Residence Centre Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Centre Musquodoboit, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Edmund Arnold Stewart
13. Maiden name of mother Ethet McKeen Reid
14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Farwell, Lillian Viola
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer 17. Kind of industry or business Insurance Office
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 20 20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin English
23. Residence Green Road, Armdale, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Halifax City, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father James Lockyen Farwell
26. Maiden name of mother Jessie Helena Lynch
27. Birthplace Father Burin Newfoundland Mother Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage August 30 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88872
32. Signature of
Groom John Thomas Stewart
Bride Lillian Viola Farwell
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Seymour McKeen Stewart
Address Middle Musquodoboit, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
Name Joyce Farwell Collings
Address 136 Delaware Ave.S. Hamilton, Ont.
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman J. Douglas Archibald
Address Box 750, Armdale, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination United Church of Canada
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