Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004782
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19474782
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax
City, Town or Village Halifax
Street or Road St. Patrick's Church
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full McAvoy, James Robert
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Mechanic 4. Kind of industry or business Automobile
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 24 7. Religious denomination Catholic
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Irish
10. Residence 845 Barrington St., Halifax, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Bridgetown, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Arthur McAvoy
13. Maiden name of mother Susan Hann
14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia Mother Newfoundland
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Forhan, Jean Marie Ann
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Telephone Operator 17. Kind of industry or business Telephone
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 18 20. Religious denomination Catholic
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Irish
23. Residence 717 Robie St., Halifax, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father Unknown
26. Maiden name of mother Ethel Forhan
27. Birthplace Father Mother Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage September 13 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88797
32. Signature of
Groom James Robert McAvoy
Bride Jean Marie Ann Forhan
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Donald Roscoe McAvoy
Address 845 Barrington St., Halifax, Nova Scotia
Name Helen June Nazer
Address 76 Creighton St., Halifax, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman John F. Toomey
Address 311 Brunswick St., Halifax, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Catholic
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