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Bernard Leroy MacDonald and Florence Gillis married on 4 November 1947 at North Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006718

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476718

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village North Sydney

  Street or Road St. Joseph’s Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full MacDonald, Bernard Leroy

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 26   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Antigonish, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Antigonish, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Norman MacDonald

13. Maiden name of mother Lillian LaPierre

14. Birthplace Father …. Bay, Nova Scotia   Mother Denmark, Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Gillis, Florence

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Registered Nurse   17. Kind of industry or business Medical

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 22   20. Religious denomination Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scotch

23. Residence Antigonish, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Sydney, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Martin Gillis

26. Maiden name of mother Nora Hart

27. Birthplace Father East Bay, Nova Scotia   Mother Louisburg, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage November 4 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom Bernard Leroy MacDonald

Bride   Florence Gillis

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name James G. MacDonald

Address   Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Name Margaret Kehoe

Address   Thorburn, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Joseph D. Gillis

Address New Aberdeen, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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