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Gordon Keith MacDonald and Margaret Jeanette Forbes married on 13 September 1947 at Scotsburn, Pictou County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005563

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475563

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Pictou

  City, Town or Village Scotsburn

  Street or Road Presbyterian Manse


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full MacDonald, Gordon Keith

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Creamery Employee   4. Kind of industry or business Grain Dept

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 31   7. Religious denomination Presbyterian

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Scotsburn, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Duncan A. MacDonald

13. Maiden name of mother Rebecca Grose Grant

14. Birthplace Father New Glasgow, Nova Scotia   Mother Westville, Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Forbes, Margaret Jeanette

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 32   20. Religious denomination Presbyterian

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Scotsburn, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Scotsburn, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father A. James Forbes

26. Maiden name of mother Margaret MacLean

27. Birthplace Father Denmark, Nova Scotia   Mother River John, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage September 13 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89125


32. Signature of

Groom Gordon Keith MacDonald

Bride   Margaret Jeanette Forbes

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Ella Joanna Baillie

Address   River John, Pictou County, Nova Scotia

Name Harold Forbes

Address   Scotsburn

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

Officiating Clergyman James H. Williams

Address Scotsburn

Religious denomination Presbyterian Church in Canada

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