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John Donald Bowie and Elizabeth Veronica MacDonald married on 17 June 1947 at Baileys Brook, Pictou County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004008

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474008

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Pictou

  City, Town or Village Baileys Brook

  Street or Road St Mary’s Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Bowie, John Donald

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 29   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Bailey’s Brook

11. Place of birth Springfield, Ant.Co., Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Wm. Bowie

13. Maiden name of mother Mary MacDonald

14. Birthplace Father …. Harbour, Nova Scotia   Mother Springfield


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full MacDonald, Elizabeth Veronica

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 24   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Baileys Brook, N.Scotia

24. Place of birth Baileys Brook, N.Scotia

25. Name of father Hugh Allan MacDonald

26. Maiden name of mother Mary Robertson

27. Birthplace Father Baileys Brook, Nova Scotia   Mother Piedmont, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage June 17 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom John Donald Bowie

Bride   Elizabeth Veronica MacDonald

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Joseph MacDougall

Address   R. R. 1 Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Name Margaret J. MacGillivray

Address   Baileys Brook, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Dougal MacEachern

Address Arisaig Ant.Co., Nova Scotia

Religious denomination R. Catholic

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