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Edward Walter Grace and Rita Carmel Burke married on 28 August 1947 at New Waterford, Cape Breton County

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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