Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004747
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19474747
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cape Breton
City, Town or Village New Waterford
Street or Road Mount Carmel Church
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Grace, Edward Walter
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Chain runner 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 Irish
10. Residence 587 Ross Avenue, New Waterford, Nova scotia
11. Place of birth Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Walter Grace
13. Maiden name of mother Catherine Kane
14. Birthplace Father Newfoundland Mother Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Burke, Rita Carmel
16. Trade, profession of kind of work at home 17. Kind of industry or business at home
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced spinster 19. Age 20 20. Religious denomination Catholic
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin French
23. Residence Lingan, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Lingan, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father William Ernest Burke
26. Maiden name of mother Mary Alice Taylor
27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother USA
28. Date of marriage August 28 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 22608
32. Signature of
Groom Edward Walter Grace
Bride Rita Carmel Burke
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Bernard Rose
Address New Waterford, Nova Scotia
Name Muriel Alice Burke
Address Lingan, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman AA Johnston, PP
Address Mt. Carmel Glebe, New Waterford, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Catholic
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