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Archibald Joseph MacDonald and Helen Anne Gifford married on 2 July 1946 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 14075

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  14075

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road St. Patrick's Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full MacDonald, Archibald Joseph

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Machinist   4. Kind of industry or business Shipyards

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 30   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 190 Brunswick Street, Halifax

11. Place of birth Judique, Cape Breton

12. Name of father Angus MacDonald

13. Maiden name of mother Christina Anne MacDonell

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Gifford, Helen Anne

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Waitress   17. Kind of industry or business Restaurant

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 22   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 793 Barrington St., Halifax

24. Place of birth New Castle, New Brunswick

25. Name of father Harry Gifford

26. Maiden name of mother Gertrude Anne Astla

27. Birthplace Father New Brunswick   Mother New Brunswick


28. Date of marriage July 2 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom Archibald Joseph MacDonald

Bride   Helen Anne Gifford

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name H.J.E. Mac Neil

Address   10 Albro Lake Rd, Dartmouth

Name Dorothy White

Address   793 Barrington St., Halifax

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

Officiating Clergyman John Francis Toomey

Address 311 Brunswick St., Halifax

Religious denomination Catholic

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