Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002346
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19472346
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Victoria
City, Town or Village Neils Harbour
Street or Road St. Andrews Church
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Dowling, John Gordon
3. Trade, profession of kind of work 4. Kind of industry or business Fisherman
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 28 7. Religious denomination Church of England
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin English
10. Residence Neil's Harbour, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
11. Place of birth Glace Bay, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia
12. Name of father Arthur Dowling
13. Maiden name of mother Eva Crewe
14. Birthplace Father Newfoundland Mother Neils Harbour, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full Lillington, Gertrude
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Domestic 17. Kind of industry or business
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 28 20. Religious denomination Church of England
21. Citizenship Canadian 22. Racial origin Newfoundland English
23. Residence Neil's Harbour, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
24. Place of birth Newfoundland
25. Name of father Joshua Lillington
26. Maiden name of mother Sarah Lillington
27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland Mother Newfoundland
28. Date of marriage April 15 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number 84057
32. Signature of
Groom John Gordon Dowling
Bride Gertrude Lillington
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name James Dowling
Address
Name Greta Ingraham
Address
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman D.C. Noel
Address Neil's Harbour, Victoria County, Nova Scotia
Religious denomination Church of England
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