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James Neil Gillis and Emily Donna MacNeil married on 8 September 1947 at Antigonish, Antigonish County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005340

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475340

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Antigonish

  City, Town or Village Antigonish

  Street or Road St. Ninian's Cathedral


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Gillis, James Neil

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Student   4. Kind of industry or business Educational

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 27   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 486 Trenton Road, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth New Glasgow, Pictou County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Leo Gillis

13. Maiden name of mother Maud Fleet

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full MacNeil, Emily Donna

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Nurse R.N.   17. Kind of industry or business Nursing

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch

23. Residence 3 Catherine Street, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Catherine Street, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Daniel MacNeil

26. Maiden name of mother Emily Sullivan

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage September 8 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 22754


32. Signature of

Groom James Neil Gillis

Bride   Emily Donna MacNeil

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name J. Gillis

Address   36 First Street, Norwood, Massachusetts

Name Gloria Gasper

Address   81 Belcher Street, Kentville, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman D.G. MacDonald

Address Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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