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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474091

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Frenchvale

  Street or Road St. Mary's Church, Frenchisle

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Ratchford, Earl Johnston Joseph

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Convenying Pits Labourer   4. Kind of industry or business Steel plant

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 26   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence 15 Louisa St. Sydney, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Sydney, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father George Ratchford

13. Maiden name of mother Low Point, Nova Scotia Mary

14. Birthplace Father Johnston   Mother Sydney, Nova Scotia

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full MacKinnon, Vera Ellena

16. Trade, profession of kind of work none   17. Kind of industry or business at home

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 20   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Ball's Creek, North Sydney, Highway

24. Place of birth Moncton, New Brunswick

25. Name of father John R. MacKinnon

26. Maiden name of mother Ball's Creek, Cape Breton Nova Scotia Helen

27. Birthplace Father Black   Mother Bridgeport, Nova Scotia

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28. Date of marriage July 30 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 22446

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32. Signature of

Groom Earl Johnston Joseph Ratchford

Bride   Vera Ellena MacKinnon

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Gerald F. Ratchford

Address   15 Louisa St. Sydney, Nova Scotia

Name Gertrude MacKinnon

Address   North West Arm P.O

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

Officiating Clergyman John Rankin

Address Baesdale, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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