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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  134965

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton in City or Town Glace Bay

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Gosse, Josiah Garfield

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Mechanic   Kind of industry or business Steel

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

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

7. Residence 614 Victoria Road, Sydney, Cape Breton

8. Place of birth Bell Island, Newfoundland

9. Name of father Joshia Gosse

10. Place of birth of father Spaniards Bay, Newfoundland

11. Maiden name of mother Rebecca Russell

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Mercer, Mary Eleanor

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Laundrywoman   Kind of industry or business Dry Cleaning

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 20

17. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence 10 Smith St., Glace Bay, Cape Breton

20. Place of birth Glace Bay, Cape Breton

21. Name of father Thomas Mercer

22. Place of birth of father Blaketown, Newfoundland

23. Maiden name of mother Ada Peddle

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25. When married 22 day of November 1945

26. Place of marriage St. Mary's Church, Commercial St. Glace Bay, Cape Breton County

27. By license or banns 78831

28. Signature of

Groom Josiah Garfield Gosse

Bride   Mary Eleanor Mercer

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Selby Herbert Gosse

Address  Glace Bay

Name Louise Mercer

Address  Glace Bay

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

Officiating Clergyman illegible

Address St. Mary's Rectory, Glace Bay

Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

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