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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  139732

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road Sacred Heart Church

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full MacDonald, John Bernard

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

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

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 40 Ingoville St., Sydney

11. Place of birth Sydney

12. Name of father John J. MacDonald

13. Maiden name of mother Mary A. MacPhee

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother USA

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Chappell, Joan Verra

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

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English Scottish

23. Residence 47 Trinity Ave., Sydney

24. Place of birth Sydney

25. Name of father Roy Chappell

26. Maiden name of mother May MacGillivray

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia

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28. Date of marriage July 5 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 82592

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32. Signature of

Groom John Bernard MacDonald

Bride   Joan Verra Chappell

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name J. C. Macdonald

Address   47 Lorway Avenue, Sydney

Name Dorothy Suzanne Clarke

Address   24 Park St., Sydney

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

Officiating Clergyman Allan A MacDonald

Address 217 George St., Sydney

Religious denomination Catholic

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