Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002997
Click to view and save (right-click) each image above for free or contact us to Buy certified paper copies. | Send a correction
Click to view and save (right-click) each image above for free or contact us to Buy certified paper copies. | Send a correction
note: transcription publicly contributed - please contact us with comments, errors or omisions
PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19472997
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Antigonish
City, Town or Village Heatherton
Street or Road St Margaret’s Church
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Avery, Simon William
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Chauffeur 4. Kind of industry or business Taxi
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 24 7. Religious denomination Catholic
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin French
10. Residence 105 1/2 Gottingen St. Halifax Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Larry’s River Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Leander Avery
13. Maiden name of mother Margerite Perrault
14. Birthplace Father Larry’s River Nova Scotia Mother Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full DeYoung, Eleanor Gertrude
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Housework 17. Kind of industry or business Housekeeping
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 21 20. Religious denomination Catholic
21. Citizenship 22. Racial origin French
23. Residence Heatherton Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth USA
25. Name of father Robt DeYoung
26. Maiden name of mother Lucy Jane Pitts
27. Birthplace Father Heatherton Nova Scotia Mother Larry’s River
28. Date of marriage April 23 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number
32. Signature of
Groom Simon William Avery
Bride Eleanor Gertrude DeYoung
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Edward Hubert DeYoung
Address Heatherton Nova Scotia
Name Mrs Vincent Benoit
Address Pomquet Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman H. MacDonald
Address Heatherton Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Catholic
Keyword Search looks for the "term" (one word or number works best) you type throughout the whole record. It is less accurate than the advanced search but it does let you search for age, religion, mother's maiden name, etc. if transcribed.
Nova Scotia Archives — https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=287841
Crown copyright © 2026, Province of Nova Scotia.