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George Frank Wilson and Mary Josepha O'Connell married on 28 April 1945 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 131106

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  131106

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

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Wilson, George Frank

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

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 26

5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   6. Racial origin Scotch

7. Residence Southport, Queens Co., P. E. I.

8. Place of birth Hunters River, Queens Co., P. E. I.

9. Name of father Andrew  Wilson

10. Place of birth of father Hunters River, P. E. I.

11. Maiden name of mother Hazel  Leonard

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full O'Connell, Mary Josepha

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Messenger   Kind of industry or business Steel Plant

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 22

17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada   18. Racial origin Irish

19. Residence 48 East St., Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

21. Name of father Edward O'Connell

22. Place of birth of father Newfoundland

23. Maiden name of mother Mary  MacLennan

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 28 day of April 1945

26. Place of marriage First United Church  Sydney, Cape Breton County

27. By license or banns 76780

28. Signature of

Groom George Frank Wilson

Bride   Mary Josepha O'Connell

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Ethel MacGillivary

Address  Sydney, N. S.

Name Clarence Ernst

Address  Sydney, N. S.

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

Officiating Clergyman ----B Campbell

Address 58 Falmouth St., Sydney, N. S.

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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