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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  142379

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road St. Philip's Rectory

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Fortune, John

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer   4. Kind of industry or business Dominion Steel Company

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 33   7. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Negroid Black

10. Residence 82 Tupper Street, Sydney

11. Place of birth Glace Bay

12. Name of father Edward Fortune

13. Maiden name of mother Louise Emma Parris

14. Birthplace Father New Glasgow   Mother Nova Scotia

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full French, Parson Irene

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Widowed   19. Age 22   20. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 82 Tupper Street, Sydney

24. Place of birth Newfoundland

25. Name of father Kalond Parsons

26. Maiden name of mother Cecelia White

27. Birthplace Father NewFoundland   Mother Newfoundland

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28. Date of marriage November 8 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 83549

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32. Signature of

Groom John Fortune

Bride   Parson Irene French

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Winnifred Hamilton

Address   145 Laurier Street

Name Daniel Barnes

Address   124 Tupper Street

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

Officiating Clergyman Reverend George Francis

Address 19 Hankard Street

Religious denomination African Orthodox

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