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William Charles O'Brien and Rita Bernadette Andrews married on 31 August 1947 at Bridgeport, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005084

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475084

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Bridgeport

  Street or Road Immaculate Conception Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full O'Brien, William Charles

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Coal Miner   4. Kind of industry or business

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widowed   6. Age 33   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence New Waterford, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth New Waterford

12. Name of father Stephen O'Brien

13. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Walsh

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia, Canada   Mother Nova Scotia, Canada


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Andrews, Rita Bernadette

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced spinster   19. Age 31   20. Religious denomination Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence Gardiner Mines, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Gardiner Mines, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father John Andrews

26. Maiden name of mother Mary Isabelle Strang

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotian   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage August 31 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom William Charles O'Brien

Bride   Rita Bernadette Andrews

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name John Augustus O’Brien

Address   New Waterford, Nova Scotia

Name Louise Genevieve Mackie

Address   Gardiner Mines, Cape Breton

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

Officiating Clergyman C. W. MacDonald

Address Bridgeport, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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