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Forrest McLean Hyland and Bertha Matilda MacKeigan married on 6 February 1946 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 136538

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  136538

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road St. Thomas Aquinas Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Hyland, Forrest McLean

3. Trade, profession of kind of work ExSoldier   4. Kind of industry or business Auto Mechanic

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 22   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English Irish

10. Residence Lakeview Drive, Armdale

11. Place of birth Lakeview, Hfx. County

12. Name of father William Henry Hyland

13. Maiden name of mother Catherine Vivien Coolen

14. Birthplace Father Halifax   Mother Halifax


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full MacKeigan, Bertha Matilda

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Registered Nurse   17. Kind of industry or business Camp Hill Hospital

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 23   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Sydney Mines

24. Place of birth Nova Scotia, Sydney Mines

25. Name of father Angus Daniel MacKeigan

26. Maiden name of mother Sara Mae Sutherland

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage February 6 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom Forrest McLean Hyland

Bride   Bertha Matilda MacKeigan

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Arthur Edmond Hyland

Address   36 Carleton Ave.

Name Marion Olive Hyland

Address   36 Comferr Ave.

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

Officiating Clergyman John L. Quiney

Address St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Halifax

Religious denomination Catholic

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