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Joseph Benjamin Legere and Phyllis Margaret McNeil married on 20 August 1946 at Joggins Mines, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 141882

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  141882

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Joggins Mines

  Street or Road St. Thomas Acquinas


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Legere, Joseph Benjamin

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Miner   4. Kind of industry or business Coal Mining

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 22   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin French

10. Residence Joggins, Cumb. Co

11. Place of birth Joggins, Cumberland Co

12. Name of father William Legere

13. Maiden name of mother Lena Hebert

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full McNeil, Phyllis Margaret

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Operator   17. Kind of industry or business Hair Dressing

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Joggins

24. Place of birth Joggins, Cumberland

25. Name of father Ambrose McNeil

26. Maiden name of mother Jane Theriault

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage August 20 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom Joseph Benjamin Legere

Bride   Phyllis Margaret McNeil

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Arthur Roderick Legere

Address   Main St. Joggins

Name Esther Hennessey

Address   Main St. Joggins

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

Officiating Clergyman J.D. Curry

Address Joggins

Religious denomination Catholic

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