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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472595

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Florence

  Street or Road Green Hill

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Sutherland, Alexander

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer   4. Kind of industry or business Canadian National Railway

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 27   7. Religious denomination Presbyterian

8. Citizenship Scottish   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Guy Street, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland

12. Name of father John Sutherland

13. Maiden name of mother Annie Daly

14. Birthplace Father Scotland   Mother Scotland

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Kempt, Philomena

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Domestic   17. Kind of industry or business At Home

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 20   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Main Street, Florence, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Main Street, Florence, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Malcolm Daniel Kempt

26. Maiden name of mother Annie Florence Walsh

27. Birthplace Father Prince Edward Island   Mother Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

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28. Date of marriage April 28 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87338

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32. Signature of

Groom Alexander Sutherland

Bride   Philomena Kempt

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Elderich Woodrow Kempt

Address   Florence, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

Name Mrs. Leonard Simms

Address   Florence, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman John Cecil King

Address Florence, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination The United Church of Canada

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