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Gordon Joseph Penny and Mary Ellen Woodfine married on 21 January 1946 at North Sydney, Cape Breton County

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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