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John Aubrey MacKenzie and Shirley Phyllis Osborne married on 23 August 1947 at Digby, Digby County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003902

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473902

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Digby

  City, Town or Village Digby

  Street or Road Trinity Church C of E


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full MacKenzie, John Aubrey

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer   4. Kind of industry or business Dodge

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 23   7. Religious denomination Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Dartmouth Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Dartmouth Nova Scotia

12. Name of father William MacKenzie

13. Maiden name of mother Ellen Craig

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Osborne, Shirley Phyllis

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Secretary   17. Kind of industry or business Dock Yard

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 20   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship American   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Dartmouth, Church Street, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Brooklyn New York USA

25. Name of father Gerald Osborne

26. Maiden name of mother Phyllis Dorothy  Marshall

27. Birthplace Father Cow Bay, Nova Scotia   Mother Lowell, Mass. USA


28. Date of marriage August 23 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88801


32. Signature of

Groom John Aubrey MacKenzie

Bride   Shirley Phyllis Osborne

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name William Matthews

Address   Grand Bank Newfoundland

Name Melba Geraldine Osborne

Address   Osborne Ave,

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

Officiating Clergyman Frank. B. Parkell

Address Digby, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England

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