Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002478
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19472478
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cape Breton
City, Town or Village Reserve Mines
Street or Road St Joseph's Presbetery
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Hillgrove, Roy
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Paint-Tinter 4. Kind of industry or business Paint
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 19 7. Religious denomination Presbyterian
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Scottish
10. Residence Rochelle St., Glace Bay
11. Place of birth Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Charles Hillgrove
13. Maiden name of mother Catherine McDonald
14. Birthplace Father Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Mother Glace Bay
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Howley, Mary Magdalen
16. Trade, profession of kind of work 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 Irish
23. Residence McKay Corner, Glace Bay
24. Place of birth Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father Jack Howley
26. Maiden name of mother Anne Brown
27. Birthplace Father Reserve Mines, Nova Scotia Mother Glace Bay
28. Date of marriage May 7 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 86466
32. Signature of
Groom Roy Hillgrove
Bride Mary Magdalen Howley
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Earl Sanpson
Address 683 David St., Glace Bay
Name Irene Howley
Address McKa Corner, Glace Bay
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman Rev. Joseph Cotter
Address St. Joseph Church, Reserve Mines
Religious denomination Catholic
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