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John Alexander MacNeil and Margaret Bresowar married on 10 September 1947 at New Waterford, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 005981

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19475981

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 MacNeil, John Alexander

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Pan Shifter   4. Kind of industry or business Coal Mining

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 29   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Thompson St., New Waterford, Nova Scotia

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

12. Name of father Murdoch S. MacNeil

13. Maiden name of mother Catherine MacNeil

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Newfoundland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Bresowar, Margaret

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 24   20. Religious denomination Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Checkoslovak

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 Bresowar

26. Maiden name of mother Catherine Derner

27. Birthplace Father Checkoslovakia   Mother Hungary


28. Date of marriage September 10 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom John Alexander MacNeil

Bride   Margaret Bresowar

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Michael Hector McNeil

Address   New Waterford, Nova Scotia

Name Mary Jessie MacPhee

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, P.P.

Address Mount Carmel Glebe, New Waterford, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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