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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  136332

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road St. Philip's African Orthodox

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Best, Egbert

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Laborer   4. Kind of industry or business Open Heart Dominion Steel County

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 24   7. Religious denomination African Orthodox

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Negro

10. Residence 57 Tupper St., Sydney

11. Place of birth Sydney Canada

12. Name of father Samuel Best

13. Maiden name of mother Alma James

14. Birthplace Father Barbados, B.W.I.   Mother Halifax

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Marsh, Mary

16. Trade, profession of kind of work House Work   17. Kind of industry or business at home

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 18   20. Religious denomination African Orthodox

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Negro

23. Residence 124 Tupper St., Sydney

24. Place of birth New Waterford

25. Name of father Louie Marsh

26. Maiden name of mother Josephine MacLeod

27. Birthplace Father Apain   Mother Sydney

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28. Date of marriage February 27 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 80855

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32. Signature of

Groom Egbert Best

Bride   Mary Marsh

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Thomas Miller

Address   90 Laurier St., Sydney

Name Ethel Miller

Address   90 Laurier St., Sydney

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. Fr. George A. Francis

Address 19 Hankard St., Sydney

Religious denomination African Orthodox

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