Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002559
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19472559
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cape Breton
City, Town or Village New Victoria
Street or Road
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Nesbitt, Henry
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Taxi Driver 4. Kind of industry or business Taxi
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 24 7. Religious denomination Catholic
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Scottish
10. Residence Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth
12. Name of father John Nesbitt
13. Maiden name of mother Isabel toner
14. Birthplace Father Scotland Mother Scotland
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Ratchford, Agnes Freda
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Store Clerk 17. Kind of industry or business Retail
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 21 20. Religious denomination Catholic
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Irish
23. Residence Victoria Mines, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Victoria Mines, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father Herbert Ratchford
26. Maiden name of mother Annie Sullivan
27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage May 12 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 21832
32. Signature of
Groom Henry Nesbitt
Bride Agnes Freda Ratchford
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Thomas Ratchford
Address New Victoria, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia
Name Genevieve MacGillivray
Address Victoria Mines, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman M. J. Wallace
Address New Victoria, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Catholic
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