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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  19471792

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton in City or Town Reserve Mines

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Roche, Joseph

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Miner   Kind of industry or business Coal

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 34

5. Religious denomination Catholic   6. Racial origin French

7. Residence Reserve Mines

8. Place of birth Cheticamp

9. Name of father Emilien Roche

10. Place of birth of father Chaisson

11. Maiden name of mother Cheticamp Esther

12. Can bridegroom read? yes   Write? yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Ward, Lydia Mary Esther

14. Trade, profession of kind of work housemaid   Kind of industry or business

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 27

17. Religious denomination Catholic   18. Racial origin English

19. Residence Reserve Mines

20. Place of birth Thimble Tickle, Twillingate, Newfoundland

21. Name of father Adelbert Ward

22. Place of birth of father Bowers

23. Maiden name of mother Twillingate, Newfoundland Sarah

24. Can bride read? yes   Write? yes

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25. When married 17 day of February 1947

26. Place of marriage St. Joseph's Church Reserve Mines, Cape Breton County

27. By license or banns Banns

28. Signature of

Groom Joseph Roche

Bride   Lydia Mary Esther Ward

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Alex Beaver

Address  Reserve Mines

Name Lucy Cormier

Address  Reserve Mines

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

Officiating Clergyman Joseph Calder

Address St. Josephs Church, Reserve Mines

Religious denomination Catholic

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