Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004920
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19474920
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cape Breton
City, Town or Village Sydney
Street or Road Sacred Heart Church
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full MacKeigan, Gerald Ingraham
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Chauffeur 4. Kind of industry or business Bus County
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 26 7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Scottish
10. Residence East Prince St., Sydney, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Sydney, Cape Breton County
12. Name of father John Angus MacKeigan
13. Maiden name of mother Gertrude Ingraham
14. Birthplace Father Cape Breton County Mother Cape Breton County
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Riley, Anne Elizabeth
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk 17. Kind of industry or business D. O. S. County
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 22 20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Irish
23. Residence 44 Woodill St., Sydney, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Sydney, Cape Breton County
25. Name of father Harold Cornelius Riley
26. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth MacKenzie
27. Birthplace Father Cape Breton County Mother Cape Breton County
28. Date of marriage July 23 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number
32. Signature of
Groom Gerald Ingraham MacKeigan
Bride Anne Elizabeth Riley
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Cyril McGrafton
Address 678 George St.
Name Kathleen Riley
Address 44 Woodill St
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman D. A. Doyle
Address 217 George St.
Religious denomination Catholic
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