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Peter James Karas and Eileen Estelle Giffin married on 10 May 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002505

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472505

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Halifax

  City, Town or Village Halifax

  Street or Road 565 Gottingen Street


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Karas, Peter James

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Grocery   4. Kind of industry or business Merchant-family business

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Divorced   6. Age 29   7. Religious denomination Church of England

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Greek

10. Residence 295 Tower Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Halifax, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father James Karas

13. Maiden name of mother Mary Pearl

14. Birthplace Father Greece   Mother Greece


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Giffin, Eileen Estelle

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Nurse   17. Kind of industry or business Private Duty

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 129 Morris St, Halifax, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Goldboro, Guys County Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Laurie Giffin

26. Maiden name of mother Dorothy Olliver

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother England


28. Date of marriage May 10 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87299


32. Signature of

Groom Peter James Karas

Bride   Eileen Estelle Giffin

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name S Veronica Spicer

Address   129 Morris St, City

Name Allan T Reade

Address   188 Barrington St. Apt 3, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman B R Tupper

Address 565 Gottingen St, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination United Church of Canada

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