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Joseph Horace Matthews and Dorothy Willena MacDonald married on 12 June 1947 at Sydney, Cape Breton County
Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003414
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19473414
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cape Breton
City, Town or Village Sydney
Street or Road Christ Church
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Matthews, Joseph Horace
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer 4. Kind of industry or business Canadian National Railway
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 21 7. Religious denomination Anglican
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin English
10. Residence Edwardsville, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Lambert Matthews
13. Maiden name of mother Kathleen Lewis
14. Birthplace Father Newfoundland Mother Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full MacDonald, Dorothy Willena
16. Trade, profession of kind of work House Maid 17. Kind of industry or business Housework
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 18 20. Religious denomination Anglican
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Scottish
23. Residence 288 Bentinck St, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father Daniel MacDonald
26. Maiden name of mother Violet Coveyduc
27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage June 12 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89890
32. Signature of
Groom Joseph Horace Matthews
Bride Dorothy Willena MacDonald
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Stewart Morrison
Address Westmount, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Name Anne Murphy
Address Louisburg, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman F R Holborow
Address 793 George St, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Church of England
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