Nova Scotia Archives

Nova Scotia Births, Marriages, and Deaths

Lionel Frederick Hancock and Lavenia Mae Carr married on 23 August 1947 at Stellarton, Pictou County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004616

Click to view and save (right-click) each image above for free or contact us to Buy certified paper copies.     |     Send a correction

Click to view and save (right-click) each image above for free or contact us to Buy certified paper copies.     |     Send a correction

note: transcription publicly contributed - please contact us with comments, errors or omisions

PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474616

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Pictou

  City, Town or Village Stellarton

  Street or Road Acadia Ave.


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Hancock, Lionel Frederick

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Machinist   4. Kind of industry or business Car Works

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 28   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin English

10. Residence Foord St., Stellarton, Nova Scotia

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

12. Name of father James Hancock

13. Maiden name of mother Lillian Florence Clark

14. Birthplace Father England   Mother Newfoundland


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Carr, Lavenia Mae

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Teacher   17. Kind of industry or business Public School

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 26   20. Religious denomination Presbyterian

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Scottish

23. Residence Foord St. Stellarton, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Stellarton, Pictou County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Rufus Charles Carr

26. Maiden name of mother Mary Jane Phillips

27. Birthplace Father Nova Scotia   Mother England


28. Date of marriage August 23 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 88640


32. Signature of

Groom Lionel Frederick Hancock

Bride   Lavenia Mae Carr

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Earle JeannCarr

Address   Staellarton, Nova Scotia

Name Clifford E. Carr

Address   Stellarton, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Murray Y. Fraser

Address Box 312, Stellarton, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Presbyterian Church in Canada

Keyword Search looks for the "term" (one word or number works best) you type throughout the whole record. It is less accurate than the advanced search but it does let you search for age, religion, mother's maiden name, etc. if transcribed.

previous start a new search

       

Nova Scotia Archives — https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=289458

Crown copyright © 2026, Province of Nova Scotia.