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Robert McPherson and Catherine Saunders married on 17 September 1947 at North Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006362

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476362

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village North Sydney

  Street or Road St Joseph's Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full McPherson, Robert

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Mining   4. Kind of industry or business Coal Mining

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 19   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship American   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Florence, Cape Breton

11. Place of birth Detroit, Michigan

12. Name of father Cyril Luke McPherson

13. Maiden name of mother Eliza Jane Jesso

14. Birthplace Father Cape Breton, Nova Scotia   Mother Bras d'Or Cape BretonNova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Saunders, Catherine

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

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch

23. Residence North Sydney, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth North Sydney, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Herbert Saunders

26. Maiden name of mother Mary Agnes Nowlan

27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage September 17 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom Robert McPherson

Bride   Catherine Saunders

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Stephen Swan

Address   Little Bras d'Or

Name Edna Duffy

Address   Ross Ave. North Sydney

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

Officiating Clergyman J.A. Butts

Address North Sydney, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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