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Ford Wylie Fanning and Elsie Ethel Johnstone married on 15 May 1946 at Sunnybrae, Pictou County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 143580

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  143580

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Pictou

  City, Town or Village Sunnybrae

  Street or Road Calvin Presbyterian


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Fanning, Ford Wylie

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 29   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence Drumhead, Guys. County

11. Place of birth Drumhead

12. Name of father William Fanning

13. Maiden name of mother Ester Sponigle

14. Birthplace Father Drumhead, Guys. Co   Mother Coddles Har, Guys, County


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Johnstone, Elsie Ethel

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 24   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Sunny Brae, Pictou County

24. Place of birth Cross Roads, Country Harbour, Guys County

25. Name of father Alex Johnstone

26. Maiden name of mother Theresa Mae Smith

27. Birthplace Father Stormont, Guys. County   Mother Cross Rds, Country Hbr


28. Date of marriage May 15 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 81727


32. Signature of

Groom Ford Wylie Fanning

Bride   Elsie Ethel Johnstone

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mrs. Chalmers Johnstone

Address   Sunny Brae, Pictou County

Name James Edward Fanning

Address   Drum Head, Guys, Co

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

Officiating Clergyman John Douglas

Address Sunnybrae, Pictou County

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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