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John Howard O'Flaherty and Ona Clare MacKay married on 6 December 1947 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006568

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476568

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road United Baptist Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full O'Flaherty, John Howard

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Accountant   4. Kind of industry or business Royal Bank of Canada

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 33   7. Religious denomination Church Of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Irish

10. Residence 162 Main St., Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Thomas Joseph O'Flaherty

13. Maiden name of mother Emma Gertrude Cruse

14. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full MacKay, Ona Clare

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   17. Kind of industry or business Royal Bank of Canada

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch

23. Residence 203 Park St., Sydney, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Lawrencetown, Anna County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Alexander MacLeod MacKay

26. Maiden name of mother Annie Margaret Freeman

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage December 6 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 90105


32. Signature of

Groom John Howard O'Flaherty

Bride   Ona Clare MacKay

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Gordon Roy O'Flaherty

Address   44 Churchill Drive, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Gloria MacLeod Stanford

Address   269 Park St., Sydney, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. Milton C. Munn

Address 16 Lorway Ave., Sydney, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Baptist

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