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William Basil MacDonald and Teresa Gillis married on 7 April 1947 at New Waterford, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002117

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472117

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village New Waterford

  Street or Road Mount Carmel


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full MacDonald, William Basil

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

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

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 79 Wood Ave, New Waterford, Nova Scotia

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

12. Name of father Archibald Alexander MacDonald

13. Maiden name of mother Mary Catherine MacLellan

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Gillis, Teresa

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 341 Wood Ave, New Waterford

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

25. Name of father Martin Sylvester Gillis

26. Maiden name of mother Agnes MacMullin

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Scotland


28. Date of marriage April 7 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom William Basil MacDonald

Bride   Teresa Gillis

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Stanley MacDonald

Address   New Waterford, Nova Scotia

Name Evylenie Gillis

Address   New Waterford, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman R J McQueen

Address Mount Carmel Glebe, New Waterford, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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