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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476521

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Henshaw, William Stuart

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 19   7. Religious denomination Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English - Scottish

10. Residence HMCS "Stadacona", Halifax, Nova Scotia (and 400 Vancouver Street, London Ontario)

11. Place of birth London, Ontario

12. Name of father Clarence William Henshaw

13. Maiden name of mother Helen Gordon Stuart

14. Birthplace Father Ontario   Mother Aberdeen, Scotland

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Ripley, Joyce Hilda

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Department Store Sales Girl   17. Kind of industry or business Retail Store

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch - French

23. Residence 388 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Moncton, New Brunswick

25. Name of father Deceased Ripley

26. Maiden name of mother Ida Cuperson

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother New Brunswick

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28. Date of marriage December 31 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 90336

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32. Signature of

Groom William Stuart Henshaw

Bride   Joyce Hilda Ripley

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Gloria Thompson

Address   264A Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Martin W. Meredith

Address   258 Maynard Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman J. Edwards

Address HMCS "Stadacona", Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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