Registration: Year: 1945 number: 135717
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
REGISTERED No. 135717
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cape Breton in City or Town Reserve
BRIDEGROOM
1. PRINT name in full McDonald, Shirley Wycliffe
2. Trade, profession of kind of work Machinist Kind of industry or business Ship Repair
3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 4. Age 23
5. Religious denomination United Church of Canada 6. Racial origin Scotch
7. Residence 63 Reserve Mines, Nova Scotia
8. Place of birth 63 Reserve Mines, Nova Scotia
9. Name of father William G.. McDonald
10. Place of birth of father Reserve Mines
11. Maiden name of mother Ellen Whalen Coady
BRIDE
13. PRINT name in full Boyd, Margaret Rita
14. Trade, profession of kind of work Canteen Work Kind of industry or business Canadian Army
15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 16. Age 17
17. Religious denomination United Church of Canada 18. Racial origin Scotch
19. Residence Sydney Rd., Reserve Mines
20. Place of birth Reserve Mines
21. Name of father John Shirley Boyd
22. Place of birth of father Lanarkshire, Scotland
23. Maiden name of mother Jessie Fellows
25. When married 15 day of December 1945
26. Place of marriage Residence of Mrs. L. MacLean, Sydney Rd. Reserve, Cape Breton County
27. By license or banns 79557
28. Signature of
Groom Shirley Wycliffe McDonald
Bride Margaret Rita Boyd
29. Signatures of Witnesses
Name John Boyd
Address Reserve Mines
Name Catherine Verna McDonald
Address Reserve Mines
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman C. Dawson MacDonald
Address Reserve Mines
Religious denomination United Church of Canada
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Note: Bride's mother born Lanarkshire, Scotland
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