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Lorne Layton Dernier and Elizabeth Mae Doncaster married on 18 June 1947 at Springhill, Cumberland County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003113

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19473113

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cumberland

  City, Town or Village Springhill

  Street or Road Home of Wm. Jackson Jr.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Dernier, Lorne Layton

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Farmer   4. Kind of industry or business Agriculture

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 22   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Swiss

10. Residence Fort Lawrence, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia, Canada

12. Name of father Lorne Frederick  Dernier

13. Maiden name of mother Emma Lillian Chapman

14. Birthplace Father Fort Lawrence Nova Scotia   Mother Fort Lawrence Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Doncaster, Elizabeth Mae

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Clerk   17. Kind of industry or business Retail

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 23   20. Religious denomination Baptist

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin English

23. Residence 33 Chamberlain Street, Amherst, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth 33 Chamberlain Street, Amherst, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father James Leslie Doncaster

26. Maiden name of mother Annie Vera Higgins

27. Birthplace Father Amherst Nova Scotia   Mother Wentworth Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage June 18 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 87667


32. Signature of

Groom Lorne Layton Dernier

Bride   Elizabeth Mae Doncaster

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Mrs William Jackson Jr.

Address   Jct. Road, Springhill, Nova Scotia

Name Donald C. Dernier

Address   Fort Lawrence Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. D.A. MacKinnon

Address Box 150 Springhill Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Presbyterian

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