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James Taylor Balmanno and Katherine Laine MacLennan married on 5 July 1947 at Amherst, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003502

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  19473502

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland in City or Town Amherst

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Balmanno, James Taylor

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Student   Kind of industry or business University

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 27

5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   6. Racial origin Scottish

7. Residence Joggins

8. Place of birth Dunfermline, Scotland

9. Name of father Robert Watson Balmanno

10. Place of birth of father Scotland

11. Maiden name of mother Wilhelmina MacGhie

12. Can bridegroom read? yes   Write? yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full MacLennan, Katherine Laine

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   Kind of industry or business Office Worker

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 27

17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   18. Racial origin Scottish

19. Residence 174 Victoria East, Amherst

20. Place of birth Nyanza

21. Name of father John MacLennan

22. Place of birth of father Cape Breton

23. Maiden name of mother Mary Laine


25. When married 5 day of July 1947

26. Place of marriage 174 Victoria East Amherst, Cumberland County

27. By license or banns 83807

28. Signature of

Groom James Taylor Balmanno

Bride   Katherine Laine MacLennan

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Harriet F. MacLellan

Address  68 Conway Ave. Sydney

Name F.E. Marrio

Address  Oxford

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

Officiating Clergyman Coaland C. Brooks

Address River Hebert

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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