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Allan Marshall Harding and Molly Purchase Thornhill married on 25 October 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005636

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475636

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road J.Wesley Smith Memorial Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Harding, Allan Marshall

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Second Officer   4. Kind of industry or business Merchant Navy

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 28   7. Religious denomination Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 871 Robie St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Fortune Bay, Newfoundland

12. Name of father Joshua Harding

13. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Anne Neil

14. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Thornhill, Molly Purchase

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Helper   17. Kind of industry or business Cousins Laundry

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 47 1/2 Seaforth St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Fortune. Newfoundland

25. Name of father John Robert Thornhill

26. Maiden name of mother Bessie Dominion

27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland


28. Date of marriage October 25 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89758


32. Signature of

Groom Allan Marshall Harding

Bride   Molly Purchase Thornhill

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name E. Harding

Address   871 Robie St., Halifax

Name Albert W. Nicolle

Address   47 1/2. Seaforth St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman A. G. Pentz

Address 550 Robie St., Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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