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Samuel Beverley Ray Stephens and Mary Alice Murphy married on 25 October 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005633

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475633

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road Trinity Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Stephens, Samuel Beverley Ray

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Radar   4. Kind of industry or business R. C. N.

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 20   7. Religious denomination Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Stadacona Bks, Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Vankleek Hill, Ontario

12. Name of father Wilmer Stephens

13. Maiden name of mother Sadie Brodie

14. Birthplace Father Ontario   Mother Ontario


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Murphy, Mary Alice

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Operator   17. Kind of industry or business J&M Murphy Ltd.

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence 15 Pavillion Bks., Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

25. Name of father William Murphy

26. Maiden name of mother Helen Foulkes

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Newfoundland


28. Date of marriage October 25 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89666


32. Signature of

Groom Samuel Beverley Ray Stephens

Bride   Mary Alice Murphy

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Walter Francis Smeltys

Address   St. Thomas, Ontario

Name Kathleen Elizabeth Murphy

Address   18 Pavillion Bks, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman F. A. W. Heffler

Address 19 Jennings St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England in Canada

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