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John Charles Dunbar and Catherine Estelle Muirhead married on 8 April 1947 at Pictou, Pictou County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002723

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472723

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Pictou

  City, Town or Village Pictou

  Street or Road 18 Denoon St


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Dunbar, John Charles

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Car Works Employee   4. Kind of industry or business Fitter

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 28   7. Religious denomination Presbyterian

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Abercrombie, Pictou County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Abercrombie, Pictou County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father George Murdock Dunbar

13. Maiden name of mother Jeanette Logan

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Muirhead, Catherine Estelle

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 17   20. Religious denomination Presbyterian

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch

23. Residence Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father John Muirhead

26. Maiden name of mother Mary Austin

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage April 8 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 86296


32. Signature of

Groom John Charles Dunbar

Bride   Catherine Estelle Muirhead

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name George Stanley Dunbar

Address   Abercrombie Nova Scotia

Name Lenora Ellen Rivers

Address   Abercrombie Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman L. R. Bent

Address Pictou Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England

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