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John Fontine and Mary Belle MacDonald married on 24 November 1947 at Mabou, Inverness County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006303

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476303

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Inverness

  City, Town or Village Mabou

  Street or Road St Mary's Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Fontine, John

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Farmer   4. Kind of industry or business Farmingq

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 45   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Not Known

10. Residence Rankinville, Inverness Co, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father  Not Known (The child was a "foundling")

13. Maiden name of mother  Not known

14. Birthplace Father   Mother


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full MacDonald, Mary Belle

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Housework   17. Kind of industry or business At home

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Mull River, Inverness Co, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Mull River, Inverness Co, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Ronald MacDonald

26. Maiden name of mother Margaret Gillis

27. Birthplace Father Mull River, Inverness Co, Nova Scotia   Mother Glencoe, Inverness Co, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage November 24 1947   29. By license or banns Banns 30. License number Banns


32. Signature of

Groom John Fontine

Bride   Mary Belle MacDonald

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Duncan Rankin

Address   Rankinville, Nova Scotia

Name Margaret MacDonald

Address   Hillsboro, Inverness Co, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman John J. Bryden

Address Mabou, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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