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Melvin Patrick Laffin and Effie Jean Slade married on 2 September 1947 at Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County
Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004351
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19474351
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cape Breton
City, Town or Village Sydney Mines
Street or Road Manse of Carman United Church
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Laffin, Melvin Patrick
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Miner 4. Kind of industry or business Coal
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 18 7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Irish
10. Residence Little Bras D’Or, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Little Bras D’Or, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Peter Joseph Laffin
13. Maiden name of mother Agnes Tobin
14. Birthplace Father Little Bras D’Or Mother Sydney Mines
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Slade, Effie Jean
16. Trade, profession of kind of work At home 17. Kind of industry or business Domestic
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 17 20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin English
23. Residence Florence, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Newfoundland
25. Name of father Ernest Slade
26. Maiden name of mother Margaret Clark
27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland Mother Newfoundland
28. Date of marriage September 2 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88497
32. Signature of
Groom Melvin Patrick Laffin
Bride Effie Jean Slade
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Jacob Reid
Address Little Bras D’Or
Name Martha Bumpkin
Address Little Bras D’Or
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman J. W. O’Brien
Address Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination The United Church of Canada
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