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Nathan Keeping and Jean Keagan married on 23 September 1946 at North Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 141813

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  141813

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village North Sydney

  Street or Road Archibald Avenue


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Keeping, Nathan

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 25   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Vale Street, North Sydney: Box 712

11. Place of birth Halifax

12. Name of father Joseph Keeping

13. Maiden name of mother Winnifred Strickland

14. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Keagan, Jean

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 24   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence Forrest St., North Sydney Box 170

24. Place of birth North Sydney

25. Name of father Abbot Keagan

26. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Parks

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Newfoundland


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


32. Signature of

Groom Nathan Keeping

Bride   Jean Keagan

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Gordon Keagan

Address   Forrest St., North Sydney

Name Thelma Whalen

Address   Forrest St., North Sydney

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

Officiating Clergyman J.D. Edwards

Address St. Joseph's Church, North Sydney

Religious denomination Catholic

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