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William Francis MacDonald and Dorothy Elizabeth Wadlin married on 30 June 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003310

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473310

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road Russell St


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full MacDonald, William Francis

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 27   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Lennox, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Lennox, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Ronald MacDonald

13. Maiden name of mother Mary Gillis

14. Birthplace Father Lennox   Mother Morar, Antigonish County


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Wadlin, Dorothy Elizabeth

16. Trade, profession of kind of work School Teacher   17. Kind of industry or business School Teaching

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch

23. Residence 20 Edgewood Ave., Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Antigonish, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Ernest Wadlin

26. Maiden name of mother Catherine  Gillis

27. Birthplace Father St. John, New Brunswick   Mother Antigonish. Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage June 30 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom William Francis MacDonald

Bride   Dorothy Elizabeth Wadlin

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Dani Duggan

Address   Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Name Mrs Rita MacNutt

Address   224 Queen Street, Truro, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman John Quinm

Address St. Joseph’s Rectory,Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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