Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004505
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19474505
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cape Breton
City, Town or Village New Waterford
Street or Road Mount Carmel Glebe House
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Boyd, John Shirley
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer 4. Kind of industry or business Mining
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 27 7. Religious denomination Presbyterian
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Scottish
10. Residence Sydney Road, Reserve Mines, Cape Breton
11. Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
12. Name of father John Boyd
13. Maiden name of mother Jessie Fellowes
14. Birthplace Father Scotland Mother Scotland
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Hinchey, Helen Rita
16. Trade, profession of kind of work At home 17. Kind of industry or business
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 28 20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Irish
23. Residence County Road, New Waterford
24. Place of birth New Waterford, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father Wm. Joseph Hinchey
26. Maiden name of mother Clara Petrie
27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland Mother Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage August 30 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88565
32. Signature of
Groom John Shirley Boyd
Bride Helen Rita Hinchey
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Thomas O'Leary
Address New Waterford, Nova Scotia
Name Mrs. Thomas O'Leary
Address New Waterford
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman R. McSween
Address New Waterford, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Catholic
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