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Allison Gregory Harris and Mary Adele Richards married on 8 October 1947 at New Waterford, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005207

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475207

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village New Waterford

  Street or Road


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Harris, Allison Gregory

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 26   7. Religious denomination Protestant - United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 1st Street, New Waterford, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth New Waterford, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Percy Harris

13. Maiden name of mother ella Marshall

14. Birthplace Father Bonavista, Newfoundland   Mother Westville, Pictou County, Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Richards, Mary Adele

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 25   20. Religious denomination Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin French

23. Residence Tignish, Prince Edward Island

24. Place of birth Tignish, Prince Edward Island

25. Name of father Joseph A. Richard

26. Maiden name of mother Mary LeClair

27. Birthplace Father Tignish, Prince Edward Island   Mother Tignish, Prince Edward Island


28. Date of marriage October 8 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89344


32. Signature of

Groom Allison Gregory Harris

Bride   Mary Adele Richards

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Ernest Hutchinson

Address   St. Joseph Street, New Waterford, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

Name Mrs. Lucy Hutchinson

Address   St. Joseph Street, New Waterford, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman J. W. Devison

Address St. Agnes Church, Comet Street, New Waterford, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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