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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476248

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road St Theresa's Rectory

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Burke, Walter Claver

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Crane Oper.   4. Kind of industry or business Steel

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 26   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence Grand Lake Road, Sydney

11. Place of birth Sydney, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father William Burke

13. Maiden name of mother Mary Cahill

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Newfoundland

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Hickman, Mary

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 21   20. Religious denomination Anglican

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence 21 Cameron St., Sydney

24. Place of birth Newfoundland

25. Name of father Edward Hickman

26. Maiden name of mother Anne Hillier

27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland

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28. Date of marriage November 8 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89270

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32. Signature of

Groom Walter Claver Burke

Bride   Mary Hickman

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Bernard Johnston

Address   370 Columbia St., Sydney

Name Eileen MacLean

Address   128 Cornishtown Rd., Sydney

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

Officiating Clergyman A.A.Beaton

Address St Theresa's Church, Sydney

Religious denomination Catholic

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