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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  135370

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Antigonish in City or Town Antigonish

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Purcell, Ralph Sylvester

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   Kind of industry or business Nova Scotia Liquor Commission

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 26

5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   6. Racial origin Scotch

7. Residence Antigonish NS

8. Place of birth Antigonish NS

9. Name of father Alexander Purcell

10. Place of birth of father Pleasant Valley, Antigonish Co.. NS

11. Maiden name of mother Mary E. MacKenzie

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Grant, Dorothea Rose

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 19

17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   18. Racial origin Scotch

19. Residence Briely Brook

20. Place of birth Antigonish

21. Name of father Joseph Grant

22. Place of birth of father Antigonish NS

23. Maiden name of mother Rose MacGillivray

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25. When married 13 day of November 1945

26. Place of marriage St. Ninian Cathedral  Antigonish, Antigonish County

27. By license or banns Banns

28. Signature of

Groom Ralph Sylvester Purcell

Bride   Dorothea Rose Grant

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Ailison Joseph Power

Address  Antigonish NS

Name Gertrude Grant

Address  Antigonish NS

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

Officiating Clergyman George J. MacLean

Address Johnstown

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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