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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  140925

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road First United Church

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Nicholson, Nelson Alvah

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Braking labourer   4. Kind of industry or business Steel Plant

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 29   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 256 Park St., Sydney, Cape Breton

11. Place of birth Sydney, Cape Breton

12. Name of father John Alvah Nicholson

13. Maiden name of mother Mabel Ransom

14. Birthplace Father Dartmouth   Mother Louisbourg

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full MacDonald, Isabel

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 26   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Gabarus, Cape Breton

24. Place of birth Gabarus, Cape Breton

25. Name of father Phillip MacDonald

26. Maiden name of mother Dolina MacKay

27. Birthplace Father Gabarus Lake   Mother Gabarus Lake

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28. Date of marriage September 26 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 83166

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32. Signature of

Groom Nelson Alvah Nicholson

Bride   Isabel MacDonald

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mrs. Mary Hennessey

Address   Sydney

Name Ronald Moore

Address   Westmount

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

Officiating Clergyman L.B. Campbell

Address 58 Falmouth St., Sydney

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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