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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