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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