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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  19472327

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Antigonish in City or Town Antigonish

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Cotton, Richard Lawson

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Contractor   Kind of industry or business Lumbering

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 33

5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   6. Racial origin English

7. Residence Judique, Inverness County, Nova Scotia

8. Place of birth Richmond County, Nova Scotia

9. Name of father Frank C. Cotton

10. Place of birth of father Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

11. Maiden name of mother Ethel Robbins

12. Can bridegroom read? yes   Write? yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full MacDonnell, Mary Jessie

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 28

17. Religious denomination Catholic   18. Racial origin Scottish

19. Residence 716 River St. Inverness, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth Inverness, Nova Scotia

21. Name of father Dan J. MacDonnell

22. Place of birth of father Baddeck, Victoria County, Nova Scotia

23. Maiden name of mother Mary Sarah MacDonald

24. Can bride read? yes   Write? yes

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25. When married 6 day of May 1947

26. Place of marriage St. Ninians Rectory Antigonish, Antigonish County

27. By license or banns 85030

28. Signature of

Groom Richard Lawson Cotton

Bride   Mary Jessie MacDonnell

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Harold MacDonald

Address  Judique, Inverness County, Nova Scotia

Name Christine MacInnis

Address  Inverness, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman D.C. MacDonald

Address Antigonish

Religious denomination Catholic

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