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Edward Dona Wright and Cora Beatrice Nelson married on 7 October 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005445

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475445

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road 115 Walnut St.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Wright, Edward Dona

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Telephone   4. Kind of industry or business Installer

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Divorced   6. Age 38   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship American   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Pleasant St., Weul…. Massachusetts

11. Place of birth Glochester, Massachusetts

12. Name of father Harvey Wright

13. Maiden name of mother Peabody, Mass. Susan

14. Birthplace Father Dyer   Mother Glochester, Mass.


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Nelson, Cora Beatrice

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Hairdresser   17. Kind of industry or business Hairdresser

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Divorced   19. Age 40   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship American   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 12 Alvigton Ave., Peabody, Mass.

24. Place of birth St. Margaret’s Bay, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Elias Francis Garrison

26. Maiden name of mother St. Margaret’s Bay, Nova Scotia Alvena Frances

27. Birthplace Father Garrison   Mother St. Margaret’s Bay, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage October 7 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89720


32. Signature of

Groom Edward Dona Wright

Bride   Cora Beatrice Nelson

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mrs. Alvena Garrison

Address   St. Margaret’s Bay, Nova Scotia

Name Mrs. Jean Backman

Address   St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman B. J. Porter

Address 115 Walnut St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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