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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472404

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road Brookland Street Church

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Forrest, Hugh

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Miner   4. Kind of industry or business Coal

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 31   7. Religious denomination Presbyterian

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Ocean Street, Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Peter Forrest

13. Maiden name of mother Mary Smith

14. Birthplace Father Cape Breton   Mother Cape Breton

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Shepherd, Ethel Annie

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Household duties   17. Kind of industry or business At home

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 22   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Brook Street, North Sydney, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth North Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father John Shepherd

26. Maiden name of mother Mary Best

27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland

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28. Date of marriage March 29 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 85961

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32. Signature of

Groom Hugh Forrest

Bride   Ethel Annie Shepherd

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Anna M. Jack

Address   12 Lorway Avenue, Sydney, Nova Scotia

Name William H. Jack

Address   12 Lorway Avenue, Sydney, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Hugh Jack

Address 12 Lorway Avenue, Sydney, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Presbyterian

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