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William Archibald Johnston and Lois Wilson married on 26 December 1946 at Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 143160

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  143160

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney Mines

  Street or Road United Church Manse


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Johnston, William Archibald

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Carpenter   4. Kind of industry or business Building

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 31   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Barrachois, Cape Breton County

11. Place of birth Barrachois, Cape Breton County

12. Name of father John Johnston

13. Maiden name of mother Christy Anne MacDonald

14. Birthplace Father Barrachois   Mother


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Wilson, Lois

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Teacher   17. Kind of industry or business Educational

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 23   20. Religious denomination Anglican, Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County

24. Place of birth New Waterford, Cape Breton County

25. Name of father Henry J. Wilson

26. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Haroun

27. Birthplace Father Dominion, Cape Breton County   Mother


28. Date of marriage December 26 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 85558


32. Signature of

Groom William Archibald Johnston

Bride   Lois Wilson

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mary Ferguson

Address   Sydney Mines

Name Reginald MacDonald

Address   Sydney Mines

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

Officiating Clergyman J.W. O'Brien

Address Sydney Mines

Religious denomination The United Church of Canada

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