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John Potribny and Catherine Elizabeth McDougall married on 26 November 1947 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006326

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476326

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road Holy Ghost Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Potribny, John

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Steel Worker   4. Kind of industry or business General Yard

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 23   7. Religious denomination Greek Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Ukrainian

10. Residence 74 Lingan Rd., Sydney, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Sydney, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Dmytro Potribny

13. Maiden name of mother Alexandra Potribny

14. Birthplace Father Western Ukraine   Mother Western Ukraine


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full McDougall, Catherine Elizabeth

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Domestic   17. Kind of industry or business at home

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

21. Citizenship Canadian Under Age ?   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Christmas Island, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Christmas Island, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Archibald McDougall

26. Maiden name of mother Margaret MacKenzie

27. Birthplace Father Christmas Island, Nova Scotia   Mother Christmas Island, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage November 26 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom John Potribny

Bride   Catherine Elizabeth McDougall

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Joseph Petruskavich

Address   25 Frederick St.

Name Dorothy Brown

Address   36 Lingan Rd.

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev Constantine Zarsky

Address 32 West St., Sydney, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Ukrainian Greek-Catholic

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