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John Murdock MacAskill and Dorothy Evelyn Chislett married on 5 June 1947 at North Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002768

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472768

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village North Sydney

  Street or Road St Johns Anglican Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full MacAskill, John Murdock

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer   4. Kind of industry or business Steel Mills

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 21   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 175 St Anns St, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

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

12. Name of father Dan Archie MacAskill

13. Maiden name of mother Annie Mac Gillvary

14. Birthplace Father Louisburg, Nova Scotia   Mother North Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Chislett, Dorothy Evelyn

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   17. Kind of industry or business Laundry Work

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 24   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence North Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

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

25. Name of father Henry Chislett

26. Maiden name of mother Panthea Burton

27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage June 5 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87636


32. Signature of

Groom John Murdock MacAskill

Bride   Dorothy Evelyn Chislett

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Michael Joseph McNeil

Address   Brook St, North Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Name Doris Seymour

Address   North Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman J Stead

Address St Johns Rectory, North Sydney

Religious denomination Anglican

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