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Vincent Andrew McCarthy and Gertrude Cecelia McNamara married on 15 July 1946 at Lower River Inhabitants, Richmond County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 140279

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  140279

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Richmond

  City, Town or Village Lower River Inhabitants

  Street or Road St. Francis De Sales Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full McCarthy, Vincent Andrew

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 31   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence Lower River Inhabitants, Richmond County

11. Place of birth Lower River Inhabitants, Richmond County

12. Name of father Joseph Alexander McCarthy

13. Maiden name of mother Rose Ann Tompkins

14. Birthplace Father Richmond   Mother Inverness


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full McNamara, Gertrude Cecelia

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 24   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence Lower River Inhabitants, Richmond County

24. Place of birth Lower River Inhabitants, Richmond County

25. Name of father Edward Richard McNamara

26. Maiden name of mother Minnie Ellen Murphy

27. Birthplace Father Richmond   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage July 15 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom Vincent Andrew McCarthy

Bride   Gertrude Cecelia McNamara

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name M.W. McCarthy

Address   Lower River Inhabitants

Name Jean Anna MacNamara

Address   Lower River Inhabitants

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

Officiating Clergyman A. J. MacDonald

Address Lower River Inhabitants

Religious denomination Catholic

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