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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