Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004954
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19474954
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax
City, Town or Village Halifax
Street or Road St. Joseph Church
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Fougere, Stephen Alexander
3. Trade, profession of kind of work S.S. Checker 4. Kind of industry or business Steamship
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 23 7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin French
10. Residence 92 Charles St. Halifax, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Raymond Amadee Fougere
13. Maiden name of mother Juliet Castildn Gagnon
14. Birthplace Father Poulamond, Cape Breton Mother Arichat, Cape Breton
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Melanson, Doris Thersa Irene
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Drug Clerk 17. Kind of industry or business Retail
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 21 20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin French
23. Residence 186 West Young Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father Wilfred Lawrence Melanson
26. Maiden name of mother Kathleen Murphy
27. Birthplace Father Amherst, Nova Scotia Mother West Quoddy, Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage September 23 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 22770
32. Signature of
Groom Stephen Alexander Fougere
Bride Doris Thersa Irene Melanson
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Arthur Arab
Address 2 Linden Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Name Alice Silver
Address 66 Quinpool Rd. Halifax
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman C.F. Curran
Address St. Joseph's Rectory, Halifax
Religious denomination Roman Catholic
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