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Sydney Riggs Kennedy and Eleanor Archibald Fairn married on 18 October 1947 at Wolfville, Kings County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005546

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475546

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Kings

  City, Town or Village Wolfville

  Street or Road 4 Seaview Ave.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Kennedy, Sydney Riggs

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Radio Producer   4. Kind of industry or business Radio

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 34   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English- Scottish

10. Residence 10 Lucknow St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Chatham, New Brunswick

12. Name of father Joseph Kennedy

13. Maiden name of mother Annie Idella Riggs

14. Birthplace Father P. E. I n   Mother Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Fairn, Eleanor Archibald

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Secretary   17. Kind of industry or business Chartered Accountant

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 26   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish - Scotch

23. Residence 133 Main St., Wolfville, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Bridgetown, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Clifford Williams Fairn

26. Maiden name of mother Mabel Leone Patterson

27. Birthplace Father Lawrencetown Annapolis County, Nova Scotia   Mother Aylesford Kings County, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage October 18 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89566


32. Signature of

Groom Sydney Riggs Kennedy

Bride   Eleanor Archibald Fairn

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Fairn Prescott

Address   Gatineau, P.Q.

Name Ralph Johnston Feitron

Address   Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman George M. MacLean

Address 4 Seaview Ave., Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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