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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  139811

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Bras d'Or

  Street or Road St. Joseph's Church

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Laffin, James Kevin

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Miner   4. Kind of industry or business Coal Mining

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

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence Mill Creek, Cape Breton

11. Place of birth Mill Creek, Cape Breton

12. Name of father Daniel Laffin

13. Maiden name of mother Mary Marsh

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Roland, Ellen Muriel

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 16   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin French Scottish

23. Residence Alder Point

24. Place of birth Alder Point, Cape Breton

25. Name of father Victor Roland

26. Maiden name of mother Selina Walker

27. Birthplace Father St. Pierre   Mother Nova Scotia

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

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32. Signature of

Groom James Kevin Laffin

Bride   Ellen Muriel Roland

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Michael Lawrence Laffin

Address   Mill Creek

Name Gertrude Victoria Roland

Address   Alder Point

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

Officiating Clergyman John H. MacInnis

Address St. Joseph's Rectory, Bras d'Or

Religious denomination Catholic

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