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Robert Stewart MacKinnon and Edna Eilene Bates married on 1 May 1947 at Goshen, Guysborough County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002999

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472999

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Guysborough

  City, Town or Village Goshen

  Street or Road Home of John A. Sinclair


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full MacKinnon, Robert Stewart

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Farmer   4. Kind of industry or business Farming

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 35   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scot

10. Residence South River Lake, Guysborough County

11. Place of birth South River Lake, Guysborough County

12. Name of father John A. MacKinnon

13. Maiden name of mother Helen M. Grant

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Bates, Edna Eilene

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

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 Hagersville, Ont. Main Street

24. Place of birth RR#2 Hannon, Wentworth County, Ont

25. Name of father Arthur E. Bates

26. Maiden name of mother Myrtle E. Hildreth

27. Birthplace Father Ontario, Canada   Mother Ontario, Canada


28. Date of marriage May 1 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 86300


32. Signature of

Groom Robert Stewart MacKinnon

Bride   Edna Eilene Bates

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Janet I. Cameron

Address   Loch Katrine Antigonish County, Nova Scotia

Name James T. Nichols

Address   Goshen, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman John Douglas

Address Sunnybrae, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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