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Russell Malcolm Spears and Viola Lydia Woodward married on 20 September 1947 at Dartmouth, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004977

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474977

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Dartmouth

  Street or Road Grace United Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Spears, Russell Malcolm

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Carpenter   4. Kind of industry or business The Robert Simpsons County Ltd.

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 28   7. Religious denomination Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 40 Phillip Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Sheet Harbour, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Malcolm Livingstone Spears

13. Maiden name of mother Minnie Estella Keepard

14. Birthplace Father Sheet Harbour Passage, Nova Scotia   Mother Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Woodward, Viola Lydia

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

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 6 Oakdale Crescent, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father William Thomas Woodward

26. Maiden name of mother Violet Olivia Keller

27. Birthplace Father England   Mother Dartmouth, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage September 20 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89387


32. Signature of

Groom Russell Malcolm Spears

Bride   Viola Lydia Woodward

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Edward Woodward

Address   6 Oakdale Crescent, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Name Barbara Woodward

Address   6 Oakdale Crescent, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Cecil R. Webber

Address 58 Ochterloney, Dartmouth. Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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