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Vernon Reginald Skeggs and Dorothy Tilley married on 6 October 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005444

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475444

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road United Memorial Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Skeggs, Vernon Reginald

3. Trade, profession of kind of work E.R.A. 2nd Class   4. Kind of industry or business R.C.N.

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 24   7. Religious denomination Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English-Canadian

10. Residence H.M.C.S. "Stradacona" Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth London, Ontario

12. Name of father Cecil Skeggs

13. Maiden name of mother London, England Irene

14. Birthplace Father Henderson   Mother London, Canada


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Tilley, Dorothy

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Book Keeper   17. Kind of industry or business Retail Store Office

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 25   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English-Canadian

23. Residence 352 Fifth Avenue, Verdun, Quebec

24. Place of birth Montreal, Quebec

25. Name of father Cecil Herbert Tilley

26. Maiden name of mother Montreal, Quebec Winnifred

27. Birthplace Father Henson   Mother Verdun, Quebec


28. Date of marriage October 6 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89711


32. Signature of

Groom Vernon Reginald Skeggs

Bride   Dorothy Tilley

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Audrey W. Johnston

Address   Dawson College. St. John's

Name Henry S. Johnston

Address   Dawson Evelyn, St. John

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

Officiating Clergyman J. Edwards

Address Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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