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Joseph Raymond White and Margaret Ellen Murphy married on 21 June 1947 at Reserve Mines, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003392

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473392

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Reserve Mines

  Street or Road St Joseph’s Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full White, Joseph Raymond

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Miner   4. Kind of industry or business Coal Mining

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 23   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin French

10. Residence 129 Pleasant St., Dominion Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Bridgeport, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Mackenzie  White

13. Maiden name of mother Susan Doucett

14. Birthplace Father Scotland   Mother Bras d’Or Cape Breton


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Murphy, Margaret Ellen

16. Trade, profession of kind of work   17. Kind of industry or business At home

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 17   20. Religious denomination Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence Commercial St., Dominion, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Reserve Mines, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Edward Murphy

26. Maiden name of mother Sarah MacNeil

27. Birthplace Father Reserve Mines   Mother Sydney Mines


28. Date of marriage June 21 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 85512


32. Signature of

Groom Joseph Raymond White

Bride   Margaret Ellen Murphy

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Bernard Murphy

Address   Com St. Dominion

Name Minerva Desrosiers

Address   147 Church St. Dominion

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev Joseph Colter

Address St Joseph’s Church

Religious denomination Catholic

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