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Gerald Ingraham MacKeigan and Anne Elizabeth Riley married on 23 July 1947 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

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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