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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19471411

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road Brookland Street

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Matheson, John Hughie

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Seaman   4. Kind of industry or business Engine Dft

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 34   7. Religious denomination Presbyterian

8. Citizenship American   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence St. Ann's Post Office, Victoria County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Baddeck, Victoria County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father John James Matheson

13. Maiden name of mother Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Lena B.

14. Birthplace Father MacKenzie   Mother Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full MacLeod, Margaret Ann

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Domestic   17. Kind of industry or business Private Home

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 30   20. Religious denomination Presbyterian

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence 856 George Street, Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Tarbot, Victoria County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father John M. MacLeod

26. Maiden name of mother Cape Breton Margaret J.

27. Birthplace Father Campbell   Mother Cape Breton

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28. Date of marriage February 25 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 86412

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32. Signature of

Groom John Hughie Matheson

Bride   Margaret Ann MacLeod

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Margaret Nicholson

Address   106 Bentinck Street, Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

Name D. U. Matheson

Address   Glen ______?, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Hugh Jack

Address 12 Loreway Avenue, Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Presbyterian

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