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Augustus S. MacNeil and Dorothy Joan Murphy married on 20 October 1945 at Amherst, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 134801

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  134801

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland in City or Town Amherst

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full MacNeil, Augustus S.

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Army   Kind of industry or business Captain

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

5. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   6. Racial origin Scotch

7. Residence Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

8. Place of birth Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

9. Name of father Augustus MacNeil

10. Place of birth of father Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia

11. Maiden name of mother Margaret McMullin

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Murphy, Dorothy Joan

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

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 25

17. Religious denomination Roman Catholic   18. Racial origin Irish

19. Residence 105 Spring Street, Amherst, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth St. John, New Brunswick

21. Name of father Howard E. Murphy

22. Place of birth of father Andover, New Brunswick

23. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Gleason

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 20 day of October 1945

26. Place of marriage St. Charles' Church Amherst, Cumberland County

27. By license or banns

28. Signature of

Groom Augustus S. MacNeil

Bride   Dorothy Joan Murphy

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name

Address  

Name

Address  

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

Officiating Clergyman

Address

Religious denomination

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