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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476318

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road 19 Hankard Street

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BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Dorrington, Francis Horace

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer   4. Kind of industry or business Dominion Steel County

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widowed   6. Age 27   7. Religious denomination Baptist

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Negro African

10. Residence 33 Hankard St. Sydney, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Truro, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father William Dorrington

13. Maiden name of mother Mabel Mentis

14. Birthplace Father Gaysborough, Nova Scotia   Mother Truro, Nova Scotia

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BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Spooner, Catherine Beatrice

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Widowed   19. Age 29   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Negro African

23. Residence 33 Hankard Street, Sydney, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Barbados B.W.I.

25. Name of father Wilbert Connell

26. Maiden name of mother Lilian Busshell

27. Birthplace Father Barbados BWI   Mother Barbados BWI

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28. Date of marriage November 29 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 91298

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32. Signature of

Groom Francis Horace Dorrington

Bride   Catherine Beatrice Spooner

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name William Thomas Campbell

Address   49 Tupper St. Sydney

Name Mrs. Gwendolyn Daniels

Address   56 Tupper Street, Sydney

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

Officiating Clergyman F. George A. Francis

Address 19 Hankard St. Sydney, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination African Orthodox

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