Registration: Year: 1946 number: 141866
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 141866
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cape Breton
City, Town or Village Sydney Mines
Street or Road The Salvation Army Hall
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full McKigan, Archibald
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Miner 4. Kind of industry or business Working in Mine
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 31 7. Religious denomination Salvation Army
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Scottish
10. Residence Crescent Street, Sydney Mines
11. Place of birth Sydney Mines, Cape Breton
12. Name of father John McKigan
13. Maiden name of mother Mable Harris
14. Birthplace Father Canada Mother Newfoundland
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Riley, Mary Agnes
16. Trade, profession of kind of work House Work 17. Kind of industry or business At Home
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 31 20. Religious denomination Salvation Army
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Irish
23. Residence County Road, New Waterford
24. Place of birth New Waterford, Cape Breton
25. Name of father Walter Riley
26. Maiden name of mother Sadie Davis
27. Birthplace Father Canada Mother Canada
28. Date of marriage May 28 1946 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 82190
32. Signature of
Groom Archibald McKigan
Bride Mary Agnes Riley
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Mrs. Helen Ruth Bonnar
Address Crescent St., Sydney Mines
Name John Alexander Bonnar
Address Crescent St., Sydney Mines
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman W.R. Stanley
Address Box 6, North Sydney
Religious denomination The Salvation Army
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