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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  139776

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton in City or Town Bras d'Or

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Quinn, Melvin Bernard

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Miner   Kind of industry or business Coal

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 23

5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   6. Racial origin

7. Residence New Waterford, Cape Breton

8. Place of birth Whitney Pier

9. Name of father Edward Quinn

10. Place of birth of father Newfoundland

11. Maiden name of mother Gertrude Antle

12. Can bridegroom read? yes   Write? yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Jessome, Catherine Frances

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Maid   Kind of industry or business Hospital

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 23

17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   18. Racial origin

19. Residence Bras d'Or

20. Place of birth Bras d'Or

21. Name of father John Matthew Jessome

22. Place of birth of father Bras d'Or

23. Maiden name of mother Mary Carbery

24. Can bride read? yes   Write? yes

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25. When married 23 day of July 1946

26. Place of marriage St. Joseph's Church Bras d'Or, Cape Breton County

27. By license or banns

28. Signature of

Groom Melvin Bernard Quinn

Bride   Catherine Frances Jessome

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Dennis Edward Jessome

Address  Bras d'Or

Name Marcella Quinn

Address  Whitney Pier

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

Officiating Clergyman A. MacKenzie

Address Bras d'Or

Religious denomination Catholic

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