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William Francis O'Neill and Mary Gertrude MacGillivray married on 9 August 1945 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 133278

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  133278

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

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full O'Neill, William Francis

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   Kind of industry or business Commission store

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   4. Age 28

5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   6. Racial origin Irish

7. Residence 54 Pain St. Sydney

8. Place of birth Florence, Nova Scotia

9. Name of father James O'Neill

10. Place of birth of father Newfoundland

11. Maiden name of mother Mary Margaret Ricketts

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full MacGillivray, Mary Gertrude

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   Kind of industry or business Court

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 27

17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   18. Racial origin Scotch

19. Residence 196 Argyle, Sydney

20. Place of birth Sydney, Nova Scotia

21. Name of father William  MacGillvray

22. Place of birth of father Antigonish, Nova Scotia

23. Maiden name of mother Mary Bryden

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 9 day of August 1945

26. Place of marriage Sacred Heart Church Sydney, Cape Breton County

27. By license or banns Banns

28. Signature of

Groom William Francis O'Neill

Bride   Mary Gertrude MacGillivray

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Edward O'Neill

Address  102 George St., Sydney, Nova Scotia

Name Dorothy Mackley

Address  250 Whitney Ave., Sydney, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman J.B. Nearing

Address 211 George Sydney, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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