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David Emlyn Jones and Phyllis Vivian Mercer married on 9 June 1947 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002809

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472809

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road 1361 Victoria Rd


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Jones, David Emlyn

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Stock Room Clerk   4. Kind of industry or business Automobile

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 26   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Welsh

10. Residence South Bar, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

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

12. Name of father Daniel Jones

13. Maiden name of mother Margaret  Davis

14. Birthplace Father Wales   Mother Wales


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Mercer, Phyllis Vivian

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 25   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 102 Victoria Road, Sydney Nova Scotia

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

25. Name of father Samuel Mercer

26. Maiden name of mother Ella Downey

27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland


28. Date of marriage June 9 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87421


32. Signature of

Groom David Emlyn Jones

Bride   Phyllis Vivian Mercer

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Thelma Logan

Address   102 Victoria Rd. Sydney

Name John Merlin Jones

Address   South Bar, Cape Breton

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

Officiating Clergyman DM Sinclair

Address 1361 Victoria Road Sydney

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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