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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474370

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road St. Theresa’s Church

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Grant, John George

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Lineman   4. Kind of industry or business Mar. Tel & Tel

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 24   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 42 Reserve St., Glace Bay

11. Place of birth Glace Bay

12. Name of father Walter Grant

13. Maiden name of mother Nova Scotia  Helen

14. Birthplace Father Thompson   Mother Nova Scotia

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Bates, Mary Rose

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Operator   17. Kind of industry or business Mar. Tel & Tel

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 23   20. Religious denomination Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence 193 Park St., Sydney

24. Place of birth Port au Port, Newfoundland

25. Name of father Benjamin Bates

26. Maiden name of mother Newfoundland  Esther

27. Birthplace Father Hines   Mother Newfoundland

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28. Date of marriage September 1 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number

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32. Signature of

Groom John George Grant

Bride   Mary Rose Bates

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Joseph A. ……

Address   356 King Edward St., Glace Bay

Name Mary Mahan

Address   130 Kings Rd., Sydney, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman A. A. Beaton

Address St Theresa’s Church, Sydney

Religious denomination Catholic

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