Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006590
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19476590
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cape Breton
City, Town or Village Port Morien
Street or Road St Paul's Anglican Church
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Murphy, Robert Joseph
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Miner 4. Kind of industry or business Coal Mine
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 22 7. Religious denomination Church of England
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Irish
10. Residence Port Morien, Cape Breton
11. Place of birth Port Morien
12. Name of father William Murphy
13. Maiden name of mother Katie Morrison
14. Birthplace Father Sheet Hr., Nova Scotia Mother Port Morien, Cape Breton
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Favarro, Bessie Louise
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Domestic 17. Kind of industry or business Home
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 18 20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Italian
23. Residence Donkin, Cape Breton
24. Place of birth Donkin, Cape Breton
25. Name of father Liugi Favaro
26. Maiden name of mother Bertha Young
27. Birthplace Father Falze, Trevignano, Italy Mother Sydney Mines
28. Date of marriage June 7 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number
32. Signature of
Groom Robert Joseph Murphy
Bride Bessie Louise Favarro
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Harvey A Peach
Address Port Morien, Cape Breton
Name Florence C Favaro
Address Donkin, Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman H. G. Hodder
Address Port Morien
Religious denomination Church of England
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