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William Gordon Moffatt and Lorna Claire MacLennan married on 20 May 1947 at Sydney, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 002745

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19472745

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Sydney

  Street or Road Trinity United Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Moffatt, William Gordon

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Merchant   4. Kind of industry or business Groceries

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 24   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Hospital Street, Sydney, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father John Moffatt

13. Maiden name of mother Etta MacFadyen

14. Birthplace Father Prince Edward Island   Mother Prince Edward Island


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full MacLennan, Lorna Claire

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 22   20. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence 126 Broadway, Sydney, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Alex MacLennan

26. Maiden name of mother Catherine MacDonald

27. Birthplace Father Cape Breton, Nova Scotia   Mother Cape Breton, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage May 20 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87414


32. Signature of

Groom William Gordon Moffatt

Bride   Lorna Claire MacLennan

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Garfield MacLeod Moffatt

Address   Hospital St., Sydney, Nova Scotia

Name Dorothy MacDonald

Address   32 St. Ann's St. Sydney, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman D.M. Sinclair

Address 1361 Victoria Road, Sydney, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination The United Church of Canada

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