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Norman Brown and Ellen Greta Finney married on 12 September 1947 at Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005263

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475263

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney Mines

  Street or Road Carman United Church Manse


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Brown, Norman

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer   4. Kind of industry or business Town of Sydney Mines

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 26   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father John D Brown

13. Maiden name of mother Varicona MacPhee

14. Birthplace Father Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia   Mother Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Finney, Ellen Greta

16. Trade, profession of kind of work At home   17. Kind of industry or business Domestic At Home

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 23   20. Religious denomination Anglican

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Atlantic St., Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father William Finney

26. Maiden name of mother Mary Ann Taylor

27. Birthplace Father England   Mother England


28. Date of marriage September 12 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89450


32. Signature of

Groom Norman Brown

Bride   Ellen Greta Finney

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Jean Mulholland

Address   Fraser Ave., Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

Name Russell Bernon

Address   Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman JW O'Brien

Address Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination The United Church of Canada

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