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Clarence Joseph MacChesney and Brita Belle Sharples married on 8 May 1946 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 137575

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  137575

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road Sacred Heart Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full MacChesney, Clarence Joseph

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 24   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Highland Scottish

10. Residence 27 Kendall St., Sydney

11. Place of birth Sydney

12. Name of father Stewart MacChesney

13. Maiden name of mother Mary Grant

14. Birthplace Father Bayfield, Antigonish County   Mother Newfoundland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Sharples, Brita Belle

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 30   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Coxheath

24. Place of birth Sydney River

25. Name of father Rowland Sharples

26. Maiden name of mother Annie Shaw

27. Birthplace Father England   Mother Barrington


28. Date of marriage May 8 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom Clarence Joseph MacChesney

Bride   Brita Belle Sharples

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Edward Long

Address   68 Dorchester St., Sydney

Name Mrs. Teresa MacChesney

Address   11 Harrington Place, Sydney

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

Officiating Clergyman R.C. MacGillivray

Address 217 George St., Sydney

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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