TO LIVE IN MOMBASA
A Tauranga Girl Marries Bulgarian Missionary
The marriage of Miss Lascelles Corrigan, of Tauranga, anil the Rev. Valdimh- Vasil Verbi, 0.8. E., of Bulgaria and Mombasa, was celebrated on June 2 at Farnham Parish Church, England, by the Rev. E. C. Hetherington. formerly of Tauranga. The bride, who is the only daughter of Air. and Mrs. Don Corrigan, Tauranga, was one of the many New Zealanders to visit England for the Coronation, and there met her future husband, the marriage taking place not long after the announcement of their engagement. Shortly after their marriage the bride and bridegroom visited Bulgaria, Mr. Verbi’s native country, but they will probably reside in Mombasa, East Africa, where lie has been stationed .as a missionary since 1929. From i 914 until 1929 Mr. Verbi was a member of the Church Missionary Society, ami served as chaplain to the forces’ from 1915 to 1920, being made 0.8. E. in 1919, leaving for Mombasa 10 years later.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 249, 17 July 1937, Page 6
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