Registration: Year: 1946 number: 140957
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 140957
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cape Breton
City, Town or Village Sydney
Street or Road Brookland Street Church
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Burns, Daniel Alexander
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Fisherman 4. Kind of industry or business Fishing
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 32 7. Religious denomination Presbyterian
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Irish
10. Residence Gabarus, Cape Breton
11. Place of birth Gabarus Lake, Cape Breton
12. Name of father Roderick Alexander Burns
13. Maiden name of mother Mary Ann MacKay
14. Birthplace Father Cape Breton Mother Cape Breton
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full MacGillivray, Adelaide May
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Household duties 17. Kind of industry or business At Home
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 28 20. Religious denomination Presbyterian
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Scottish
23. Residence Gabarus, Cape Breton
24. Place of birth Louisbourg, Cape Breton
25. Name of father Joseph Isaiah MacGillivray
26. Maiden name of mother Gertrude Jackson
27. Birthplace Father Cape Breton Mother England
28. Date of marriage August 21 1946 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 83493
32. Signature of
Groom Daniel Alexander Burns
Bride Adelaide May MacGillivray
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Mary Mae MacAskill
Address Gabarus, Cape Breton
Name Johnnie Dan Burns
Address North Forchu, Cape Breton
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman Hugh Jack
Address 12 Lorway Ave., Sydney
Religious denomination Presbyterian
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