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John Dougald MacKinnon and Willena Marguerite Heighton married on 28 October 1946 at River John, Pictou County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 142183

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  142183

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Pictou

  City, Town or Village River John

  Street or Road St John the Baptist Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full MacKinnon, John Dougald

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Farmer   4. Kind of industry or business Farming

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 30   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Belfast, Queens County, Prince Edward Island

11. Place of birth Belfast, Queens County, Prince Edward Island

12. Name of father Dougald MacKinnon

13. Maiden name of mother Mary MacWilliams

14. Birthplace Father Belfast, Prince Edward Island   Mother Belfast, Prince Edward Island


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Heighton, Willena Marguerite

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Housekeeper   17. Kind of industry or business Housekeeping

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 18   20. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence Cape John, River John, Pictou County

24. Place of birth Cape John, River John, Pictou County

25. Name of father George Laird Heighton

26. Maiden name of mother Laura May Langille

27. Birthplace Father Cape John, River John   Mother Marshville, River John


28. Date of marriage October 28 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 84840


32. Signature of

Groom John Dougald MacKinnon

Bride   Willena Marguerite Heighton

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Norman Elsford Langille

Address   River John, Pictou County

Name Margaret May Langille

Address   River John, Pictou County

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

Officiating Clergyman F.W. Plummer, Rector of Parish of River John

Address St John's Rectory, River John, Pictou County

Religious denomination The Church of England

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