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John Archibald Grant and Catherine Gertrude Ellsworth married on 29 October 1947 at Thorburn, Pictou County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006169

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476169

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Pictou

  City, Town or Village Thorburn

  Street or Road St Ann's Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Grant, John Archibald

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Breakman   4. Kind of industry or business Railway

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 28   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Pine Tree, Pictou County Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Pine Tree, Nova Scotia Pictou County R.R. #1 Thorburn Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Angus Grant

13. Maiden name of mother Mary Chisholm

14. Birthplace Father Pictou County Nova Scotia   Mother Pictou County Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Ellsworth, Catherine Gertrude

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   17. Kind of industry or business Music Store

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 29   20. Religious denomination Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence Thorburn, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Thorburn, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father James Ellsworth

26. Maiden name of mother Mary McLean

27. Birthplace Father Thorburn, Nova Scotia   Mother Ohio, Antigonish, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage October 29 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom John Archibald Grant

Bride   Catherine Gertrude Ellsworth

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Vincent Grant

Address   Pine Tree, Pictou County Nova Scotia

Name Florence Ellsworth

Address   Thorburn, Pictou County Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev Robert Donnelly, P.P.

Address Thorburn, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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