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William Roland Merchant and Mary Stella O Dell married on 26 December 1946 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 143163

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  143163

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road Sacred Heart Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Merchant, William Roland

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Student   4. Kind of industry or business Pre Medical

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 24   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 18 Beacon St., Sydney

11. Place of birth Sydney, Cape Breton

12. Name of father Frederick Merchant

13. Maiden name of mother Mary MacLean

14. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full O Dell, Mary Stella

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer   17. Kind of industry or business Dept of Agriculture

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 23   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence 56 Lorway Ave., Sydney

24. Place of birth Sydney

25. Name of father Thomas O Dell

26. Maiden name of mother Madeline Depenta

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage December 26 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom William Roland Merchant

Bride   Mary Stella O Dell

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Emerson Dunphy

Address   North Sydney

Name Winnie McDonald

Address   337 Prince St., Sydney

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

Officiating Clergyman C.H. Bauer

Address St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish

Religious denomination Catholic

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