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John William MacKenzie and Sylvia Mary Duguay married on 5 April 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002359

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472359

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road 47 London


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full MacKenzie, John William

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Student at Nova Scotia Tech   4. Kind of industry or business

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 25   7. Religious denomination Presbyterian

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 77 Queen Street, Halifax Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth New Glasgow, Pictou County Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Charles George Mackenzie

13. Maiden name of mother Anna Bella Mackenzie

14. Birthplace Father Stellarton, Nova Scotia   Mother Newfoundland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Duguay, Sylvia Mary

16. Trade, profession of kind of work waitress   17. Kind of industry or business

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 20   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin French

23. Residence 77 Queen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Pouckmouch, New Brunswick

25. Name of father Theophile Duguay

26. Maiden name of mother Lena Robichaud

27. Birthplace Father New Brunswick   Mother New Brunswick


28. Date of marriage April 5 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 86948


32. Signature of

Groom John William MacKenzie

Bride   Sylvia Mary Duguay

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Ann F. G. Faraday

Address   47 London Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Jotham Logan

Address   70 Morris Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Arthur Gordon Faraday

Address 47 London Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Presbyterian

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