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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  140885

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Glace Bay

  Street or Road St. John's Church

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Donavon, John

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widowed   6. Age 67   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence Dominion

11. Place of birth Ingonish

12. Name of father George Donovan

13. Maiden name of mother Mary Anne Hawley

14. Birthplace Father Ingonish   Mother Ingonish

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Greenidge, Rita Yorke

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Widowed   19. Age 44   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence New Aberdeen, Glace Bay

24. Place of birth Glace Bay

25. Name of father James Yorke

26. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Murry

27. Birthplace Father Sydney Mines   Mother Newfoundland

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28. Date of marriage September 23 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 84243

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32. Signature of

Groom John Donavon

Bride   Rita Yorke Greenidge

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Lawrence Scott

Address   Glace Bay

Name Mrs. Louise Scott

Address   Glace Bay

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

Officiating Clergyman Joseph D. Gillis

Address New Aberdeen

Religious denomination Catholic

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