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John Charles Penny and Jemima MacDonald married on 27 August 1947 at Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004829

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474829

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney Mines

  Street or Road Carman United Church, Clyde Ave.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Penny, John Charles

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Miner   4. Kind of industry or business Coal

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 24   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Main St., Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Florence, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father John Charles Penny

13. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Clark

14. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full MacDonald, Jemima

16. Trade, profession of kind of work At home   17. Kind of industry or business Domestic

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 19   20. Religious denomination Presbyterian

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch

23. Residence Ocean Street, Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father John MacDonald

26. Maiden name of mother Bertha Walsh

27. Birthplace Father Sydney Mines   Mother Sydney Mines


28. Date of marriage August 27 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88207


32. Signature of

Groom John Charles Penny

Bride   Jemima MacDonald

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Viola Penny

Address   Sydney mines, Nova Scotia

Name Bill Jeffry

Address   Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

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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