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Alexander James Gordon and Catherine Annabelle MacDonald married on 25 September 1947 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004907

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474907

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Gordon, Alexander James

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer   4. Kind of industry or business Lumber

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 39   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 26 South Bentinck Street, Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

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

12. Name of father James gordon

13. Maiden name of mother Isobel Johnson

14. Birthplace Father Cape Breton, Nova Scotia   Mother Cape Breton, Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full MacDonald, Catherine Annabelle

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 27   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Whitney Avenue, Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Oban, Richmond County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Alexander Macdonald

26. Maiden name of mother Annie Campbell

27. Birthplace Father Richmond County, Nova Scotia   Mother Inverness, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage September 25 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89260


32. Signature of

Groom Alexander James Gordon

Bride   Catherine Annabelle MacDonald

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Ronald C. Morrison

Address   Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

Name Evelyn Morrison

Address   Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman C. N. Brown

Address 58 Falmouth Street, Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination The United Church of Canada

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