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George Grant MacLean Whyte and Elizabeth Churchill Bishop married on 15 August 1945 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 132987

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  132987

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

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Whyte, George Grant MacLean

2. Trade, profession of kind of work R.C.A. (Pay Corps)   Kind of industry or business Army Sergeant

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 32

5. Religious denomination Presbyterian   6. Racial origin Scotch

7. Residence Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

8. Place of birth Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

9. Name of father George Whyte

10. Place of birth of father Aylmer, Quebec

11. Maiden name of mother Mary Jane MacLean

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Bishop, Elizabeth Churchill

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 28

17. Religious denomination Baptist   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence Sydney, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth Sydney, Nova Scotia

21. Name of father Frederick W. Bishop

22. Place of birth of father Harvey Bank, Albert County, New Brunswick

23. Maiden name of mother Bertha Mary Pickings

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 15 day of August 1945

26. Place of marriage Baptist Church Sydney, Cape Breton County

27. By license or banns 78374

28. Signature of

Groom George Grant MacLean Whyte

Bride   Elizabeth Churchill Bishop

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Bertha A. Farris

Address  Moncton, New Brunswick

Name John H. Whyte

Address  Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman F. S. Crossman

Address 16 Lorway Avenue, Sydney, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Baptist

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