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Joseph Alfred Baldwin and Martina Gillis married on 8 September 1947 at Grand Mira, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004833

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474833

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Grand Mira

  Street or Road St. Margaret’s Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Baldwin, Joseph Alfred

3. Trade, profession of kind of work coal trimmer   4. Kind of industry or business

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 30   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence Louisburg, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Louisburg, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Alfred Baldwin

13. Maiden name of mother Harriet Price

14. Birthplace Father Louisburg, Nova Scotia   Mother Cape Breton, Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Gillis, Martina

16. Trade, profession of kind of work School Teacher   17. Kind of industry or business

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 22   20. Religious denomination Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Grand Mira South, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Grand Mira South, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Neil D Gillis

26. Maiden name of mother Agnes MacKinnon

27. Birthplace Father Cape Breton Co, Nova Scotia   Mother Cape Breton Co, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage September 8 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom Joseph Alfred Baldwin

Bride   Martina Gillis

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Dan M. Gillis

Address   Grand Mira So., Nova Scotia

Name Mrs Ronnie MacDonald

Address   New Victoria, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. Angus Bryden, P.P.

Address Grand Mira South, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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