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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476251

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney Mines

  Street or Road Convent St, Immaculate Conception Church

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Bishop, Silvester Benedict

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Checker in packing plant   4. Kind of industry or business Meat packing

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 27   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin French

10. Residence Fraser Ave, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Ernest Bishop

13. Maiden name of mother Anna Kearney

14. Birthplace Father Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia   Mother Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full MacKinnon, Catherine Elizabeth

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Bank Clerk   17. Kind of industry or business Banking

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 28   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish Irish

23. Residence Crescent St, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

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

25. Name of father Vincent Emmanuel MacKinnon

26. Maiden name of mother Catherine Whelan

27. Birthplace Father Little Bay, Newfoundland   Mother Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

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28. Date of marriage November 25 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number

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32. Signature of

Groom Silvester Benedict Bishop

Bride   Catherine Elizabeth MacKinnon

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Aubrey Mae Hyman

Address   Crescent St, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Name Joan MacKinnon

Address   Crescent St, Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman R J McSween

Address Church St, New Waterford, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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