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Walter Alexander Johnston and Ellen Teresa Roach married on 25 August 1947 at New Waterford, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005301

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475301

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village New Waterford

  Street or Road Mount Carmel Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Johnston, Walter Alexander

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 24   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence 503 Pellat Ave., New Waterford, Nova Scotia

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

12. Name of father Lloyd Ludlow Johnston

13. Maiden name of mother Margaret Gillis

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Roach, Ellen Teresa

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

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence Roach's Road, New Waterford, Nova Scotia

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

25. Name of father John James Roach

26. Maiden name of mother Florence Josephine Johnston

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage August 25 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom Walter Alexander Johnston

Bride   Ellen Teresa Roach

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name John Joseph MacNeil

Address   New Waterford, Nova Scotia

Name Mary Jessie MacGhee

Address   New Waterford, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman A.A. Johnston

Address Mount Carmel Glebe, New Waterford, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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