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Joseph Clarence Brophy and Evilena Jessie MacDonald married on 2 May 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002266

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472266

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Brophy, Joseph Clarence

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Artificer Apprentice   4. Kind of industry or business Royal Canadian Navy

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 20   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish & French

10. Residence HMCS Stadacona, Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father James Brophy

13. Maiden name of mother Agnes Legere

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother New Brunswick


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full MacDonald, Evilena Jessie

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Machine Operator   17. Kind of industry or business Printing

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 18   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch

23. Residence Seabright, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Seabright, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Gordon MacDonald

26. Maiden name of mother Bernice Dauphinee

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage May 2 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87206


32. Signature of

Groom Joseph Clarence Brophy

Bride   Evilena Jessie MacDonald

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Thomas J Young

Address   HMCS Stadacona, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Dorothy Lloy

Address   413 Connaught Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Cecil H. Moreau

Address HMCS Stadacona, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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