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Simon Cecil MacNeil and Clara Marie Gillis married on 16 September 1947 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004917

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474917

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road Sacred Heart Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full MacNeil, Simon Cecil

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Auto Mechanic   4. Kind of industry or business D. V. A.

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 26   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Gillis Point, Victoria County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Gillis Point, Victoria County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father John Murdock MacNeil

13. Maiden name of mother Christina Devoe

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Gillis, Clara Marie

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 28   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence 371 Esplanade, Sydney

24. Place of birth South Ingonish, Victoria County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Angus Gillis

26. Maiden name of mother Anna Bell Donovan

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage September 16 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom Simon Cecil MacNeil

Bride   Clara Marie Gillis

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name John McNeil

Address   198 Argyle St.

Name Rhoda Gillis

Address   371 Esplanade, Sydney

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

Officiating Clergyman R. C. MacGillivary

Address 217 George St., Sydney

Religious denomination Catholic

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