Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006375
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19476375
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax
City, Town or Village Halifax
Street or Road 360 Barrington St
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Bowers, Edward Russell
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Mechanic 4. Kind of industry or business Market Motors, Halifax
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 27 7. Religious denomination Catholic
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin English-Scottish
10. Residence 58 Queen St. Halifax, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Edward Thomas Bowers
13. Maiden name of mother Mary Isabel McKenzie
14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Hillier, Jane
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Waitress 17. Kind of industry or business Rendezvous Cafe, Halifax, Nova Scotia
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 23 20. Religious denomination Anglican
21. Citizenship British 22. Racial origin French-Irish
23. Residence 96 Morris St. Halifax, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Brunette, Newfoundland
25. Name of father Eli Hillier
26. Maiden name of mother Belle Anne Flander
27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland Mother Newfoundland
28. Date of marriage December 8 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 90166
32. Signature of
Groom Edward Russell Bowers
Bride Jane Hillier
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name James Duncan McKenzie
Address Port Wallis Halifax County
Name Helen Marie MacKenzie
Address Port Wallis, Halifax co.
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman Joseph E. Mills
Address St. Mary's Cathedral, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Catholic
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