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Roderick Oswald Black and Margaret Eleanor Purcell married on 9 September 1946 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 141656

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  141656

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road Sacred Heart Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Black, Roderick Oswald

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 26   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 69 Gritton Ave., Sydney

11. Place of birth Sydney

12. Name of father Stephen R. Black

13. Maiden name of mother Mary Campbell

14. Birthplace Father Mira, Cape Breton   Mother Mira, Cape Breton


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Purcell, Margaret Eleanor

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 27   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Pleasant St., Antigonish

24. Place of birth Antigonish

25. Name of father Alexander Purcell

26. Maiden name of mother Mary Ellen MacKenzie

27. Birthplace Father Antigonish   Mother Antigonish


28. Date of marriage September 9 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom Roderick Oswald Black

Bride   Margaret Eleanor Purcell

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Michael T Campbell

Address   Hay Cove, Richmond County

Name Mrs Eldred McDonald

Address   69 Gritton Ave., Sydney

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

Officiating Clergyman R.C. MacGillivray

Address 217 George St., Sydney

Religious denomination Catholic

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