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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  136996

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Joggins

  Street or Road St. Thomas Aquinas Church

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Bourque, Joseph Alyre Leandre

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 32   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin French

10. Residence 18 Acadian Street, Amherst, Cumberland County

11. Place of birth Amherst, Cumberland County

12. Name of father Jude Bourque

13. Maiden name of mother Amanda Legere

14. Birthplace Father New Brunswick   Mother New Brunswick

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Burke, Dorothy Elizabeth

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Unemployed   17. Kind of industry or business At Home

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 32   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin French

23. Residence Joggins, Cumberland County

24. Place of birth Joggins, Cumberland County

25. Name of father Charles Burke

26. Maiden name of mother Bertha Theriault

27. Birthplace Father Little River   Mother Nova Scotia

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28. Date of marriage March 4 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number

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32. Signature of

Groom Joseph Alyre Leandre Bourque

Bride   Dorothy Elizabeth Burke

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Arthur Phillip Burke

Address   18 Acadia Street, Cumberland County

Name Gussie Irene Burke

Address   Joggins, Cumberland County

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

Officiating Clergyman John J. Mahar

Address St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Joggins, Cumberland County

Religious denomination Catholic

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