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Joseph Maurice Colford and Elsie Mary Butler married on 22 September 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005193

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475193

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road St. Patrick’s Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Colford, Joseph Maurice

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   4. Kind of industry or business Hardware

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 33   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence 3 Dundonald St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth East Chezzetcook, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Maurice Colford

13. Maiden name of mother Mary Casey

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Butler, Elsie Mary

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   17. Kind of industry or business Import & Exporters

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 27   20. Religious denomination Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence 427 1/2 Brunswick St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Frank Butler

26. Maiden name of mother Margaret Frances O’Leary

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage September 22 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom Joseph Maurice Colford

Bride   Elsie Mary Butler

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Lionel W. Bowers

Address   427 1/2 Brunswick St.

Name Edith V. Bowers

Address   427 1/2 Brunswick St.,

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

Officiating Clergyman W. D. Campbell

Address St. Patrick’s Rectory, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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