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Daniel Alexander Burns and Adelaide May MacGillivray married on 21 August 1946 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

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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