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James Andrew Woodrow and Morah Matheson married on 15 July 1946 at New Waterford, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 139771

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  139771

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village New Waterford

  Street or Road Gordon St.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Woodrow, James Andrew

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Engineer   4. Kind of industry or business Coal Mine

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 28   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 654 Dominion St., New Waterford

11. Place of birth Bay de Verde, Newfoundland

12. Name of father Andrew Woodrow

13. Maiden name of mother Mary MacCarthy

14. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Matheson, Morah

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 20   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Gordon St., New Waterford

24. Place of birth New Waterford, Cape Breton

25. Name of father Neil Matheson

26. Maiden name of mother Sarah Marcella Johnson

27. Birthplace Father Cape Breton County   Mother Cape Breton County


28. Date of marriage July 15 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 83159


32. Signature of

Groom James Andrew Woodrow

Bride   Morah Matheson

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Avice Lewis

Address   Reserve Mines

Name Donald Matheson

Address   New Waterford

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

Officiating Clergyman M.A. MacMillan

Address New Waterford

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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