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Joseph Robert Nowlan and Valerie Noreen Mersereau married on 30 October 1947 at Dartmouth, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005645

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475645

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Dartmouth

  Street or Road St. Peter’s Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Nowlan, Joseph Robert

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Radio Mechanic   4. Kind of industry or business Royal Canadian Navy

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 25   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence Eastern Passage, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Moncton, New Brunswick

12. Name of father Joseph  Nowlan

13. Maiden name of mother Barbe Richard

14. Birthplace Father New Brunswick   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Mersereau, Valerie Noreen

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Dental Clerk   17. Kind of industry or business Dental Office

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 24   20. Religious denomination Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin French

23. Residence 24 Pine St., Moncton, New Brunswick

24. Place of birth Wonnell Station, New Brunswick

25. Name of father Allan Mersereau

26. Maiden name of mother Evelyn MacAllen

27. Birthplace Father United States   Mother New Brunswick


28. Date of marriage October 30 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89984


32. Signature of

Groom Joseph Robert Nowlan

Bride   Valerie Noreen Mersereau

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Michael Victor Andrews

Address   Eastern Passage

Name Frederick Michael Hawe

Address   Eastern Passage

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. Alphonse Comeau

Address St. Peter’s Rectory, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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