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Benjamin Franklyn Merriam and Annie May Chiasson married on 5 November 1946 at New Waterford, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 142795

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  142795

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village New Waterford

  Street or Road Mount Carmel Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Merriam, Benjamin Franklyn

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

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

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence 309 Wilson Ave., New Waterford

11. Place of birth Nova Scotia, Cape Breton County, Glace Bay

12. Name of father Charles Edmund Merriam

13. Maiden name of mother Jane McSorley

14. Birthplace Father United States   Mother Scotland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Chiasson, Annie May

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

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin French

23. Residence Douglas St., New Waterford

24. Place of birth Nova Scotia, Cape Breton County, New Waterford

25. Name of father Patrick Thomas Chiasson

26. Maiden name of mother Mary Poirier

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage November 5 1946   29. By license or banns Banns 30. License number Banns


32. Signature of

Groom Benjamin Franklyn Merriam

Bride   Annie May Chiasson

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Francis Laval Merriam

Address   New Waterford

Name Beatrice Chiasson

Address   New Waterford

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

Officiating Clergyman R.J. McSween

Address Mount Carmel Glebe, New Waterford

Religious denomination Catholic

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