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John William MacDonald and Dorothea McKinnon married on 18 June 1945 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 132212

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  132212

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton in City or Town Sydney

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full MacDonald, John William

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Welder   Kind of industry or business Marine

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 25

5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   6. Racial origin Scotch

7. Residence 290 Townsend St., Sydney

8. Place of birth Pleasant Valley, Antigonish County

9. Name of father Allan MacDonald

10. Place of birth of father Pleasant Valley

11. Maiden name of mother Christina Gillis

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full McKinnon, Dorothea

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Salesclerk   Kind of industry or business Dry Goods

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 21

17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   18. Racial origin Scotch

19. Residence High St., Sydney,NS

20. Place of birth Sydney Mines, CB

21. Name of father Michael McKinnon

22. Place of birth of father Boulardarie, Victoria County

23. Maiden name of mother Mary Elliott

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 18 day of June 1945

26. Place of marriage St. Nicholas Church Sydney, Cape Breton County

27. By license or banns Banns

28. Signature of

Groom John William MacDonald

Bride   Dorothea McKinnon

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Donald A. MacDonald

Address  Antigonish

Name Helen V. Macdonald

Address  41 Union St., Sydney

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

Officiating Clergyman E.J.

Address 47 Laurier St., Sydney

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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