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Ira Leroy MacKay and Shirley Lillian MacLean married on 30 August 1947 at Upper Northfield, Lunenburg County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004731

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474731

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Lunenburg

  City, Town or Village Upper Northfield

  Street or Road


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full MacKay, Ira Leroy

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 25   7. Religious denomination Lutheran

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence RR #1, New Germany, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth New Germany, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Angus MacKay

13. Maiden name of mother Oliphia Silver

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full MacLean, Shirley Lillian

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

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch

23. Residence Head of St. Margaret's Bay, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth St. Margaret's Bay, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Eugene MacLean

26. Maiden name of mother Jessie macLean

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage August 30 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88836


32. Signature of

Groom Ira Leroy MacKay

Bride   Shirley Lillian MacLean

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Lemuel MacKay

Address   New Germany, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

Name Marion F. White and Greta MacKay

Address   Bedford, Halifax County, Nova Scotia and New Germany, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Edward Lukens Jr.

Address Bridgewater, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Lutheran

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