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Arthur Drysdale Johnson and Diana Joan Gillespie Walker married on 22 November 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006168

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476168

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road King’s College Campus


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Johnson, Arthur Drysdale

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 28   7. Religious denomination Presbyterian

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Great Village, Colchester Co, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Thomas Ross Johnson

13. Maiden name of mother Janet Drysdale

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Walker, Diana Joan Gillespie

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 19   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 132 Coburg Rd., Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father A…. Stanley Walker

26. Maiden name of mother Ella Gillespie Leach

27. Birthplace Father England   Mother England


28. Date of marriage November 22 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 90129


32. Signature of

Groom Arthur Drysdale Johnson

Bride   Diana Joan Gillespie Walker

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Thomas Albert Johnson

Address   Great Village, Nova Scotia

Name Cecelia E.M. Bloomer

Address   9 Waegwoltic Ave., Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman A. Stanley Walker

Address Kings College, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England

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