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John Hector Gillis and Mary Agnes Whalen married on 30 July 1946 at Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 140966

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  140966

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney Mines

  Street or Road Immaculate Conception Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Gillis, John Hector

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Section Man   4. Kind of industry or business Canadian National Railway

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

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Sydney River, Cape Breton, Canada

11. Place of birth Rear Christmas Island, Cape Breton Nova Scotia, Canada

12. Name of father Michael A. Gillis

13. Maiden name of mother Maria MacDonald

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia, Canada   Mother Nova Scotia, Canada


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Whalen, Mary Agnes

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 35   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence MacKay St., Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Canada

24. Place of birth North Sydney, Cape Breton, Canada

25. Name of father James Whalen

26. Maiden name of mother Mary Conway

27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland


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


32. Signature of

Groom John Hector Gillis

Bride   Mary Agnes Whalen

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Donald MacPherson

Address   Sydney River, Cape Breton, Canada

Name Sarah MacPherson

Address   Sydney Mines, Cape River, Canada

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

Officiating Clergyman M. J. MacSween

Address Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Canada

Religious denomination Catholic

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