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John James Hennessey and Harriet Rushton married on 25 October 1946 at Wentworth Center, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 141889

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  141889

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Wentworth Center

  Street or Road The Parsonage


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Hennessey, John James

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Sr. Machinist Helper   4. Kind of industry or business Canadian National Railway, Roundhouse

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 20   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish Scottish

10. Residence 28 Campbell St., Sydney

11. Place of birth Edmundston, New Brunswick

12. Name of father George Ethelbert Hennessey

13. Maiden name of mother Dolly MacLeod

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Rushton, Harriet

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 19   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence Lower Greenville, R.R., from Westchester

24. Place of birth Blue Bell, New Brunswick

25. Name of father Erry Rushton

26. Maiden name of mother Ida Ferdinand

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage October 25 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 84484


32. Signature of

Groom John James Hennessey

Bride   Harriet Rushton

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Audrey Isnor

Address   8 1/2 Hunter St., Halifax,

Name George Hennessey

Address   28 Campbell St., Sydney

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

Officiating Clergyman C.O. Stewart

Address Wentworth Center, Cumberland County

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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