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Roy Hillgrove and Mary Magdalen Howley married on 7 May 1947 at Reserve Mines, Cape Breton County

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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