Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005950
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19475950
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cape Breton
City, Town or Village New Waterford
Street or Road Calvin Manse, Smith Street, New Waterford
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Harley, Alexander
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 United Church of Canada
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Scottish
10. Residence Patrick Street, Scotchtown, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Scotchtown, New Waterford
12. Name of father Alex Harley
13. Maiden name of mother Margaret Morrison
14. Birthplace Father Scotland Mother Scotland
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full MacLeod, Edith
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk 17. Kind of industry or business Dom. Coal County
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 27 20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Scotch
23. Residence Wilson Avenue, New Waterford
24. Place of birth Port Morien, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
25. Name of father Wallace MacLeod
26. Maiden name of mother Annie MacVicar
27. Birthplace Father Port Morien, Nova Scotia Mother Port Morien, Nova Scotia
28. Date of marriage November 19 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89904
32. Signature of
Groom Alexander Harley
Bride Edith MacLeod
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Helen MacLeod
Address Station St., New Waterford
Name William A Burke
Address Catherine St., Scotchtown
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman Malcolm A. MacMillan
Address New Waterford, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination United Church of Canada
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