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Clarence Norman Johnston and Edna Aurora Barss married on 15 September 1947 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004906

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474906

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Johnston, Clarence Norman

3. Trade, profession of kind of work bulldozer Operator   4. Kind of industry or business Dept. of Highways

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 22   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Sydney River, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

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

12. Name of father Michel Joseph Johnston

13. Maiden name of mother Johena MacDonald

14. Birthplace Father MacNabs Cove, Richmond County, Nova Scotia   Mother Loch Lomond, Richmond County, Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Barss, Edna Aurora

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   17. Kind of industry or business Scotia Auto Motors

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 21   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch - English

23. Residence Sydney River, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Louisbourg, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Walter Dinsmore Barss

26. Maiden name of mother Edna Evelyn Horton

27. Birthplace Father Hazel Hill, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia   Mother Canso, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage September 15 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89252


32. Signature of

Groom Clarence Norman Johnston

Bride   Edna Aurora Barss

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Charles E. Tracey

Address   Sydney River, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

Name M. Alaire Kerr

Address   25 Union Street, Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman A. Grant MacLean

Address 262 Bentinck Street, Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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