Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002859
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19472859
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax
City, Town or Village Halifax
Street or Road 39 Westminster Apts, 86 Morris St.
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Callaghan, John Thomas
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Freight Handler 4. Kind of industry or business C.N.R.
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widowed 6. Age 64 7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Irish
10. Residence Herring Cove, Shore Rd., Hfx County, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father John Callaghan
13. Maiden name of mother Margaret Cochran
14. Birthplace Father Ireland Mother Ireland
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Ross, Mary Cecilia
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Living at home 17. Kind of industry or business Housekeeper
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Widowed 19. Age 55 20. Religious denomination Church of England
21. Citizenship Newfoundland 22. Racial origin English
23. Residence Herring Cove, Hlx. County, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth St John's, Newfoundland
25. Name of father Jacob Snow
26. Maiden name of mother Emma Margin
27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland Mother Newfoundland
28. Date of marriage May 31 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87528
32. Signature of
Groom John Thomas Callaghan
Bride Mary Cecilia Ross
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Harriet Berryl London
Address Halifax, Nova Scotia
Name Viola Mary Purcell
Address Halifax, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman L. J. Donaldson
Address 39 Westminster Apts, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Church of England
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