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Harold Johnston and Nela Eleanor MacLean married on 30 July 1947 at Glace Bay, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003859

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473859

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Glace Bay

  Street or Road 16 Yorke St.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Johnston, Harold

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Driver-Truck   4. Kind of industry or business British Canadian Co-Operative General ———

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 26   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish-English

10. Residence 1 Lake Road, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Walter Johnston

13. Maiden name of mother Isabel Read

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother England


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full MacLean, Nela Eleanor

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   17. Kind of industry or business C.D.S. General Merchandise

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 22   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence 19 MacKeigan St. Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Angus MacLean

26. Maiden name of mother Mary MacAulaey

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage July 30 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87610


32. Signature of

Groom Harold Johnston

Bride   Nela Eleanor MacLean

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Audrey MacLean

Address   19 MacKeigan St. Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

Name Winston Herbert George Roberts

Address   31 MacLean St. Glace Bay

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

Officiating Clergyman John MacDonald

Address 16 Yorke St. Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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