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John Gillis and Rose O'Handley married on 1 May 1947 at Mulgrave, Guysborough County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002288

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472288

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Guysborough

  City, Town or Village Mulgrave

  Street or Road


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Gillis, John

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Carpenter   4. Kind of industry or business

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widowed   6. Age 42   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Mulgrave, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Port Hood, Inverness County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father alexander gillis

13. Maiden name of mother Mary MacDonald

14. Birthplace Father Port Hood, Inverness County, Nova Scotia   Mother Antigonish, Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full O'Handley, Rose

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 31   20. Religious denomination Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch

23. Residence West Bay Road, Inverness County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Marble Mountain, Inverness County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Christopher O'Handley

26. Maiden name of mother Christie Macdonald

27. Birthplace Father Prince Edward Island   Mother West Bay Road, Inverness County, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage May 1 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 86753


32. Signature of

Groom John Gillis

Bride   Rose O'Handley

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name W. J. MacDonald

Address   Mulgrave, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia

Name Mildred Gillis

Address   Mulgrave, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. Vincent Macdonald, Parish Priest

Address Box 28, Mulgrave, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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