Registration: Year: 1947 number: 001885
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
REGISTERED No. 19471885
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cape Breton in City or Town Louisburg
BRIDEGROOM
1. PRINT name in full Peters, William Leo
2. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer Kind of industry or business Lumber
3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 4. Age 27
5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada 6. Racial origin French
7. Residence Catalone
8. Place of birth Halifax
9. Name of father
10. Place of birth of father
11. Maiden name of mother
12. Can bridegroom read? yes Write? yes
BRIDE
13. PRINT name in full White, Mary Evelyn
14. Trade, profession of kind of work at home Kind of industry or business
15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 16. Age 18
17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada 18. Racial origin English
19. Residence Catalone
20. Place of birth Cape Breton County
21. Name of father Samuel White
22. Place of birth of father Newfoundland
23. Maiden name of mother Laura Jane Thistle
24. Can bride read? yes Write? yes
25. When married 22 day of March 1947
26. Place of marriage United Church Manse Louisburg, Cape Breton County
27. By license or banns 85829
28. Signature of
Groom William Leo Peters
Bride Mary Evelyn White
29. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Mrs. Osward McDonald
Address Catalone
Name Lloyd Hartan
Address Marion Bridge
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman E.E. Ashley
Address Louisburg
Religious denomination United Church of Canada
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