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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