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Alfred Garfield Spracklin and Mary Josephine Murphy married on 8 April 1947 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002175

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472175

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road 1361 Victoria Road


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Spracklin, Alfred Garfield

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   4. Kind of industry or business Dominion Steel & Coal Company

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 23   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence 14 West Street, Sydney, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Sydney, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Sidney Spracklin

13. Maiden name of mother Annie Hodder

14. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Murphy, Mary Josephine

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   17. Kind of industry or business Metropolitan Store

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 24   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence 128 Victoria Road, Sydney, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Sydney, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Thomas Murphy

26. Maiden name of mother Catherine Donovan

27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland   Mother Newfoundland


28. Date of marriage April 8 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 84623


32. Signature of

Groom Alfred Garfield Spracklin

Bride   Mary Josephine Murphy

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name W. Douglas French

Address   21. Victoria Rd. Sydney

Name Helen Globe

Address   14 West St., Sydney

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

Officiating Clergyman S.M. Sinclair

Address 1361 Victoria Road, Sydney

Religious denomination The United Church of Canada

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