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John May and Fanny Elizabeth Dawson married on 25 June 1947 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003217

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473217

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road 1361 Victoria


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full May, John

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   4. Kind of industry or business Canadian Dept Stores

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 31   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 33 Reserve Street, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father John May

13. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Burt

14. Birthplace Father Scotland   Mother Scotland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Dawson, Fanny Elizabeth

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   17. Kind of industry or business F.W. Woolworth County

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 28   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father William Dawson

26. Maiden name of mother Christine Catherine MacDonald

27. Birthplace Father England   Mother Mass, USA


28. Date of marriage June 25 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 86590


32. Signature of

Groom John May

Bride   Fanny Elizabeth Dawson

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Daniel P. Leninen

Address   76 West St. Sydney

Name Margaret S. Windsor

Address   1365 Victoria Rd., Sydney, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman D.M. Sinclair

Address 1361 Victoria Rd. Sydney, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination The United Church of Canada

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