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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472685

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Bras d'Or

  Street or Road St Joseph's Church

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Walsh, John Matthew

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Chauffeur   4. Kind of industry or business Public bus

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

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence Georges River

11. Place of birth Sydney, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Vincent Walsh

13. Maiden name of mother Caroline Roach

14. Birthplace Father North Sydney   Mother Georges River

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full MacDonald, Margaret Elizabeth

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 24   20. Religious denomination Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch

23. Residence Scotch Lake, Cape Breton

24. Place of birth Scotch Lake, Cape Breton

25. Name of father Michael MacDonald

26. Maiden name of mother Mary Anne McInnis

27. Birthplace Father Scotch Lake   Mother French Vale

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

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32. Signature of

Groom John Matthew Walsh

Bride   Margaret Elizabeth MacDonald

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name James Edmond Walsh

Address   Georges River

Name Mary Sarah MacDonald

Address   Scotch Lake

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

Officiating Clergyman A MacKenzie

Address Bras d'Or

Religious denomination Catholic

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