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George Neville Pott and Ruth Evelyn Mercer married on 27 June 1945 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 132352

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  132352

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

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Pott, George Neville

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Navy   Kind of industry or business S.B.A.

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 21

5. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England   6. Racial origin Canadian

7. Residence 27 Merry Street South, Magog, Quebec

8. Place of birth Ontario

9. Name of father Leonard Pott

10. Place of birth of father England

11. Maiden name of mother Doris Phoeobie Edge

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Mercer, Ruth Evelyn

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   Kind of industry or business Store

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 22

17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   18. Racial origin Canadian

19. Residence 287 Townsend Street, Sydney

20. Place of birth Cape Breton

21. Name of father Charles Michael Mercer

22. Place of birth of father Newfoundland

23. Maiden name of mother Harriet Mae Eddy

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 27 day of June 1945

26. Place of marriage Sacred Hear Rectory Sydney, Cape Breton County

27. By license or banns 77090

28. Signature of

Groom George Neville Pott

Bride   Ruth Evelyn Mercer

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Charles R. Mercer

Address  287 Townsend Street, Sydney, Nova Scotia

Name Shirley Eileen Mercer

Address  287 Townsend Street, Sydney, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman J. W. Devison

Address Convent Street, New Waterford

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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