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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  142356

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Florence

  Street or Road St. Stephen's Church

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Dowling, John Leonard

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 21   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence Florence

11. Place of birth Florence

12. Name of father George Dowling

13. Maiden name of mother Catherine Gillis

14. Birthplace Father Georges River   Mother French Vale

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Fraser, Ruth Whilemena

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 20   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin French

23. Residence Florence

24. Place of birth Florence

25. Name of father Eli Fraser

26. Maiden name of mother Margaret Barrie

27. Birthplace Father River Bourgeois   Mother Florence

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28. Date of marriage November 11 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number

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32. Signature of

Groom John Leonard Dowling

Bride   Ruth Whilemena Fraser

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Michael Dowling

Address   Florence, Cape Breton

Name Marie King

Address   Florence, Cape Breton

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

Officiating Clergyman MacKenzie

Address Bras d'Or

Religious denomination Catholic

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