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Alexander Harley and Edith MacLeod married on 19 November 1947 at New Waterford, Cape Breton County

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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