Registration: Year: 1946 number: 136137
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 136137
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 Penny, Gordon Joseph
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Labourer 4. Kind of industry or business Fish Plant
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 23 7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin English
10. Residence 78 Payne Street, Sydney, Cape Breton County
11. Place of birth St. Jacques, Newfoundland & Labrador
12. Name of father Unknown
13. Maiden name of mother Mary Margaret Penny
14. Birthplace Father Mother English Harbour, Newfoundland & Labrador
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Woodfine, Mary Ellen
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Fish Plant 17. Kind of industry or business
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 22 20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin English
23. Residence Gannon Road, North Sydney, Cape Breton County
24. Place of birth Florence, Cape Breton County
25. Name of father Thomas Woodfine
26. Maiden name of mother Jane O'Flaherty
27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland & Labrador Mother Newfoundland & Labrador
28. Date of marriage January 21 1946 29. By license or banns License 30. License number
32. Signature of
Groom Gordon Joseph Penny
Bride Mary Ellen Woodfine
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name John A. Williams
Address 1462 Victoria Road, Sydney, Cape Breton County
Name Ann Woodfine
Address North Sydney, Cape Breton County
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman J. A. Butts, Parish Priest
Address Box 723, North Sydney, Cape Breton County
Religious denomination Catholic
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