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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