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Robert Murdock McKay and Muriel Eleanor Dwyer married on 14 September 1947 at Woodside, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004527

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474527

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Woodside

  Street or Road St. Albans


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full McKay, Robert Murdock

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer   4. Kind of industry or business Groceries

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 35   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence River John, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Marshville, Pictou County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Robert Alexander  McKay

13. Maiden name of mother Mary Jean MacLeod

14. Birthplace Father Earltown , Nova Scotia   Mother The Falls Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Dwyer, Muriel Eleanor

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   17. Kind of industry or business ….. Groceries

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 28   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence River John, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth River John Nova Scotia

25. Name of father George  Dwyer

26. Maiden name of mother Florence Robinson

27. Birthplace Father River John, Nova Scotia   Mother River John Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage September 14 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88554


32. Signature of

Groom Robert Murdock McKay

Bride   Muriel Eleanor Dwyer

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Viola Moore

Address   Woodside, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

Name John. W Hayward

Address   Woodside, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. Fred M. Moore

Address N.Woodside, P.O. Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England

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