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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  140384

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road St. Andrew's Church

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Matheson, Gordon Robert

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 25   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Donkin, Cape Breton

11. Place of birth Donkin, Cape Breton

12. Name of father Robert David Matheson

13. Maiden name of mother Sadie MacRae

14. Birthplace Father Port Morien   Mother West Bay

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Blakey, Ada

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Teacher   17. Kind of industry or business Common Schools

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 23   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Donkin, Cape Breton

24. Place of birth Donkin, Cape Breton

25. Name of father William Blakey

26. Maiden name of mother Bertha Milley

27. Birthplace Father England   Mother Newfoundland

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28. Date of marriage August 20 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 83664

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32. Signature of

Groom Gordon Robert Matheson

Bride   Ada Blakey

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mary Blakey

Address   Donkin, Cape Breton

Name Lionel Hancock

Address   New Glasgow

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

Officiating Clergyman C. M. Nicholson

Address 262 Bentinck St., Sydney

Religious denomination United Church

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