Registration: Year: 1945 number: 131160
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
REGISTERED No. 131160
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Pictou in City or Town Pictou
BRIDEGROOM
1. PRINT name in full Chisholm, John Alexander
2. Trade, profession of kind of work Welder Kind of industry or business Shipbuilding
3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 4. Age 25
5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic 6. Racial origin Scotch
7. Residence Pictou, Nova Scotia
8. Place of birth Judigue Inverness
9. Name of father William D Chisholm
10. Place of birth of father Creignish, Nova Scotiacreignish
11. Maiden name of mother Mary Jessie MacDonald
12. Can bridegroom read? Yes Write? Yes
BRIDE
13. PRINT name in full Rankin, Margaret
14. Trade, profession of kind of work Checker Kind of industry or business Shipbuilding
15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 16. Age 20
17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic 18. Racial origin Scotch
19. Residence Pictou, Nova Scotia
20. Place of birth Inverness, Inverness CCounty , Nova Scotia
21. Name of father Michael Rankim
22. Place of birth of father Sight Point, Invernedd County , Nova Scotia
23. Maiden name of mother Agatha Mac Lennan
24. Can bride read? Yes Write? Yes
25. When married 30 day of April 1945
26. Place of marriage Stella Maris Church Pictou, Pictou County
27. By license or banns Banns
28. Signature of
Groom John Alexander Chisholm
Bride Margaret Rankin
29. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Peter Duncan Rankin
Address Sight Point Inverness County, Nova Scotia
Name Annie Rankin
Address Pictou, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman J.R. Ratchford
Address Pictou, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Roman Catholic
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