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Ernest Hanna and Alma Helen Kawaja married on 14 May 1947 at North Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002729

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472729

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 Hanna, Ernest

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 25   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Syrian

10. Residence 320 Townsend St. Sydney, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth 320 Townsend St. Sydney, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton

12. Name of father Patrick Hanna

13. Maiden name of mother Annie Abbas

14. Birthplace Father Syria   Mother Syria


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Kawaja, Alma Helen

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 25   20. Religious denomination Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Syrian

23. Residence Queen St. North Sydney, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton

25. Name of father Dalim Kawaja

26. Maiden name of mother Catherine Matter

27. Birthplace Father Lebanon   Mother Syria


28. Date of marriage May 14 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom Ernest Hanna

Bride   Alma Helen Kawaja

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Gabriel Hanna

Address   Lower Sackville Halifax, Nova Scotia

Name Genevieve Kawaja

Address   Queen Street, North Sydney, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Wm Edwards

Address St. Joseph's Church North Sydney

Religious denomination Catholic

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