Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003081
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19473081
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Cape Breton
City, Town or Village Sydney
Street or Road Sacred Heart Church
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full MacArthur, John Gerald
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Salesman 4. Kind of industry or business Ideal Ice Cream
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 30 7. Religious denomination Catholic
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin Scottish
10. Residence 36 Whitby Ave., Sydney Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Neil R. MacArthur
13. Maiden name of mother Anne MacDonald
14. Birthplace Father Antigonish Nova Scotia Mother Antigonish Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Matergio, Genevieve
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Stenographer 17. Kind of industry or business Stenographer
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 32 20. Religious denomination Catholic
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Italian
23. Residence 68 Dorchester St., Sydney, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth USA
25. Name of father Antonio Matergio
26. Maiden name of mother Caroline Testa
27. Birthplace Father Italy Mother USA
28. Date of marriage May 27 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number
32. Signature of
Groom John Gerald MacArthur
Bride Genevieve Matergio
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Joseph Matingio
Address 68 Dorchester
Name Rita MacArthur
Address 36 Whitney Ave.
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman DA Doyle
Address 217 George St., Sydney
Religious denomination Catholic
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