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Francis Melvin O'Shea and Catherine Elizabeth Heffernan married on 12 February 1945 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 130474

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  130474

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton in City or Town Sydney

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full O'Shea, Francis Melvin

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer   Kind of industry or business Steel

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 23

5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   6. Racial origin Irish

7. Residence 32 Margaret Street, Sydney

8. Place of birth Ingonish, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

9. Name of father Thomas O'Shea

10. Place of birth of father Ingonish, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

11. Maiden name of mother Mary Agnes Barron

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Heffernan, Catherine Elizabeth

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   Kind of industry or business Hardware

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 21

17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   18. Racial origin Irish

19. Residence 193 Victoria Road, Sydney, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth Sydney, Nova Scotia

21. Name of father Jacob Heffernan

22. Place of birth of father Newfoundland

23. Maiden name of mother Margaret Emberley

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 12 day of February 1945

26. Place of marriage St. Theresa's Church Sydney, Cape Breton County

27. By license or banns Banns

28. Signature of

Groom Francis Melvin O'Shea

Bride   Catherine Elizabeth Heffernan

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Clarencee Williams

Address  535 Charlotte Street, Sydney, Nova Scotia

Name Margaret Heffernan

Address  193 Victoria Road, Sydney, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Francis X. MacIsaac

Address 168 Howe Street, Sydney, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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