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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  141835

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton in City or Town Sydney Mines

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full MacKeigan, John Duncan

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Railway Porter   Kind of industry or business Freight

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 22

5. Religious denomination Presbyterian   6. Racial origin Scottish

7. Residence Sydney Mines

8. Place of birth North Sydney

9. Name of father George W. MacKeigan

10. Place of birth of father Sydney Mines

11. Maiden name of mother Mary B. MacKinnon

12. Can bridegroom read? yes   Write? yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Matthews, Freda Mary

14. Trade, profession of kind of work At home   Kind of industry or business Domestic

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 24

17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence Sydney Mines

20. Place of birth Sydney Mines

21. Name of father Ernest Matthews

22. Place of birth of father Charmel, Newfoundland

23. Maiden name of mother Alice Chiasson

24. Can bride read? yes   Write? yes

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25. When married 6 day of April 1946

26. Place of marriage Carman United Church Parsonage Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County

27. By license or banns 81618

28. Signature of

Groom John Duncan MacKeigan

Bride   Freda Mary Matthews

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mrs. J.W. O'Brien

Address  Sydney Mines

Name Albert Viva

Address  Sydney Mines, Cape Breton

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

Officiating Clergyman J.W. O'Brien

Address Sydney Mines

Religious denomination The United Church of Canada

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