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Alexander MacDonald and Mary Dorothy Bryden married on 24 September 1945 at Reserve Mines, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 134151

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  134151

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton in City or Town Reserve Mines

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full MacDonald, Alexander

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer   Kind of industry or business Clerk in Army Infantry

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 23

5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   6. Racial origin Scottish

7. Residence 64 Mansfield Street, Dominion No 4 (Dominion), Nova Scotia

8. Place of birth Dominion No 4 (Dominion), Nova Scotia

9. Name of father James W. MacDonald

10. Place of birth of father Springhill

11. Maiden name of mother Martina MacDonald

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Bryden, Mary Dorothy

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 19

17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence McKays Corner, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth McKays Corner, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

21. Name of father Thomas Bryden

22. Place of birth of father Grand Narrows

23. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth MacLeod


25. When married 24 day of September 1945

26. Place of marriage St. Joseph's Church Reserve Mines, Cape Breton County

27. By license or banns Banns

28. Signature of

Groom Alexander MacDonald

Bride   Mary Dorothy Bryden

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Arthur McPhee

Address  72 Mansfield Street, Glace Bay (Dominion No 4), Nova Scotia

Name Theresa McDonald

Address  64 Mansfield Street, Glace Bay (Dominion No 4), Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman J. J. Thompkins

Address Reserve Mines, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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