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Howard Constantine MacDonald and Marie Marguerite Bell married on 18 September 1947 at Beechville, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004950

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474950

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Beechville

  Street or Road Sacred Heart Glebe House


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full MacDonald, Howard Constantine

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Truck Driver   4. Kind of industry or business Meat Packing

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 25   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Beechville, P.Q.

11. Place of birth Melford, Inverness County

12. Name of father John A.  McDonald

13. Maiden name of mother Sadie MacDonald

14. Birthplace Father River Denis Road, Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Bell, Marie Marguerite

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Dept. Store Clerk   17. Kind of industry or business Chain Store

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 23   20. Religious denomination Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Beechville, P. Q.

24. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Wm. Raymond  Bell

26. Maiden name of mother Sadie Sampson

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


28. Date of marriage September 18 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom Howard Constantine MacDonald

Bride   Marie Marguerite Bell

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Charles MacLean

Address   53 North St.

Name Amaryllis Dixon

Address   Lakeside

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

Officiating Clergyman

Address Sacred Heart Church, Lakeview Beechville, P. Q.

Religious denomination Catholic

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