Registration: Year: 1946 number: 141815
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 141815
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cape Breton
City, Town or Village North Sydney
Street or Road St. Giles Manse, King Street
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Matthews, Melvin Thomas
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Farmer 4. Kind of industry or business at home
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Divorced 6. Age 29 7. Religious denomination Presbyterian
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin English
10. Residence River Denys, Inverness County
11. Place of birth North Sydney, Cape Breton County
12. Name of father Arthur Thomas Matthews
13. Maiden name of mother Jane Davidge
14. Birthplace Father Newfoundland Mother Newfoundland
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Lannigan, Annie Margaret
16. Trade, profession of kind of work housework 17. Kind of industry or business at home
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 26 20. Religious denomination Presbyterian
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Irish
23. Residence River Denys, Inverness County
24. Place of birth Inverness
25. Name of father Charles Henry Lannigan
26. Maiden name of mother Catherine Beaton
27. Birthplace Father Truro Mother Glencoe, Inverness County
28. Date of marriage September 24 1946 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 83766
32. Signature of
Groom Melvin Thomas Matthews
Bride Annie Margaret Lannigan
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name David Lannigan
Address River Denys
Name Florence Matthews
Address North Sydney
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman Rev Henry L. Jost
Address King St., North Sydney
Religious denomination Presbyterian
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