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Joseph Edmond Clarence Bourgeois and Mary Ellen Gilfoy married on 17 August 1946 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 140586

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  140586

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road 47 London


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Bourgeois, Joseph Edmond Clarence

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 20   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin French

10. Residence 56 Quinn Street, Halifax

11. Place of birth Moncton, New Brunswick

12. Name of father Alvin Bourgeois

13. Maiden name of mother Lydia Williams

14. Birthplace Father Moncton, New Brunswick   Mother New Brunswick


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Gilfoy, Mary Ellen

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 26   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 177 Clifton Street, Halifax

24. Place of birth Tufts Cove, Dartmouth, Hfx County

25. Name of father Harry Gilfoy

26. Maiden name of mother Mary Ann O'Brien

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Halifax


28. Date of marriage August 17 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 83700


32. Signature of

Groom Joseph Edmond Clarence Bourgeois

Bride   Mary Ellen Gilfoy

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Evelyne Monrie

Address   22 Dresden Row, Halifax

Name Camille Bourgeois

Address   Moncton, New Brunswick

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

Officiating Clergyman Arthur Gordon Faraday

Address 47 London Street, Halifax

Religious denomination Presbyterian

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