Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006372
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19476372
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax
City, Town or Village Halifax
Street or Road Christian Church North St.
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Waddell, John Blake
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Farmer 4. Kind of industry or business Farming
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 24 7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Scottish
10. Residence Nanton, Alberta
11. Place of birth Nanton, Alberta
12. Name of father Thomas Gordon Waddell
13. Maiden name of mother Dorothy Elizabeth Gates
14. Birthplace Father Peterborough, Ontario Mother Suffolk, England
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Giffen, Amy May
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer 17. Kind of industry or business Lumber Office
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 22 20. Religious denomination Baptist
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Scottish
23. Residence 259 1/2 Creighton St., Halifax, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Truro, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father Halts Rutledge Giffen
26. Maiden name of mother Lottie Magnetta Bezanson
27. Birthplace Father Guysboro County, Nova Scotia Mother Chester, Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage December 10 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 90291
32. Signature of
Groom John Blake Waddell
Bride Amy May Giffen
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Stuart N. Giffen
Address 259 1/2 Creighton St., Halifax
Name Jean E Blockman
Address 35 Willow St., Halifax
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman Fred
Address General Trust Building, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Disciples of Christ
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