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David Hartigan Gillis and Frances Cecilia Henry married on 8 April 1947 at New Waterford, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002116

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472116

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village New Waterford

  Street or Road Mount Carmel Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Gillis, David Hartigan

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Chuck-drawer's helper   4. Kind of industry or business coal mining

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 19   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 22 Victoria St. New Waterford, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Nova Scotia, Cape Breton County, New Waterford

12. Name of father Angus Gillis

13. Maiden name of mother Sarah MacEachern

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Henry, Frances Cecilia

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

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence 173-10th St. New Waterford, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Nova Scotia, Cape Breton County, New Waterford

25. Name of father Charles James Henry

26. Maiden name of mother Mary Catherine Fortune

27. Birthplace Father Scotland   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage April 8 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom David Hartigan Gillis

Bride   Frances Cecilia Henry

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Bernard Henry

Address   New Waterford, Nova Scotia

Name Catherine Henry

Address   New Waterford, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman A A Johnston, PP

Address Mount Carmel Glebe, New Waterford, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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