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Pius Nearing and Rita Bridget Eileen Burns married on 12 August 1947 at Dominion, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004842

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474842

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Dominion

  Street or Road Immaculate Conception Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Nearing, Pius

3. Trade, profession of kind of work School Teacher   4. Kind of industry or business

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 33   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence Dominion, CB

11. Place of birth Dominion, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Patrick Joseph Nearing

13. Maiden name of mother Flora MacMullin

14. Birthplace Father Lingan, Nova Scotia   Mother Sydney Mines


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Burns, Rita Bridget Eileen

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   17. Kind of industry or business Town Office

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 25   20. Religious denomination Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin French

23. Residence Mitchell Ave, Dominion, CB

24. Place of birth Dominion, CB

25. Name of father Moses Burns

26. Maiden name of mother Anastasia MacKinnon

27. Birthplace Father Margaree, Nova Scotia   Mother Aspy Bay, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage August 12 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom Pius Nearing

Bride   Rita Bridget Eileen Burns

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Francis C. Fearing

Address   115 George St., Sydney, Nova Scotia

Name Mrs. Muriel Richard

Address   183 High St., New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Peter A. Fearing

Address Canso, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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