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John Gordon Dowling and Gertrude Lillington married on 15 April 1947 at Neils Harbour, Victoria County

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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