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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  141843

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney Mines

  Street or Road

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Cann, John James

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 20   7. Religious denomination Presbyterian

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County

11. Place of birth Sydney Mines

12. Name of father John E. Cann

13. Maiden name of mother Maud Baker

14. Birthplace Father Sydney Mines   Mother England

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Canavan, Irene

16. Trade, profession of kind of work At home   17. Kind of industry or business Domestic

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 22   20. Religious denomination Presbyterian

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Sydney Mines

24. Place of birth Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County

25. Name of father James Canavan

26. Maiden name of mother Martha Robinson

27. Birthplace Father Scotland   Mother Scotland

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28. Date of marriage September 25 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 83989

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32. Signature of

Groom John James Cann

Bride   Irene Canavan

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Stanley Briggs

Address   Tobin Road, Sydney Mines

Name Mrs. Evelyn Scott

Address   Tobin Road, Sydney Mines

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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