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Joseph Allan O'Handley and Mary Sarah MacNeil married on 16 September 1947 at Boisdale, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005592

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475592

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Boisdale

  Street or Road St. Andrew's Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full O'Handley, Joseph Allan

3. Trade, profession of kind of work C.N.R. Section Man   4. Kind of industry or business C.N. Railway

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 26   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence 132 Argyle St., Syney, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Long Island Main Cape Breton, County

12. Name of father Roderick S. O'Handley

13. Maiden name of mother Mary MacKinnon

14. Birthplace Father Long Island Main, Nova Scotia   Mother Scotch Lake, Cape Breton Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full MacNeil, Mary Sarah

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 29   20. Religious denomination Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Ironville, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Benacadie, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father John D. MacNeil

26. Maiden name of mother Margaret J MacKenzie

27. Birthplace Father Boisdale, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia   Mother Benacadie, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage September 16 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom Joseph Allan O'Handley

Bride   Mary Sarah MacNeil

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Ronald MacDonald

Address   Sydney Nova Scotia

Name Miss Catherine MacNeil

Address   Benacadie West, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman M. Gillis

Address Boisdale, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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