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Layton Bayne Clarke and Laura Myrna Turnbull married on 1 September 1947 at Westville, Pictou County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 004619

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19474619

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Pictou

  City, Town or Village Westville

  Street or Road St. Bee’s Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Clarke, Layton Bayne

3. Trade, profession of kind of work Fisherman   4. Kind of industry or business Deep Sea

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

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin British English

10. Residence East Cape, Magdalen Islands

11. Place of birth Grindstone, Magdalen Islands

12. Name of father Forrest Clarke

13. Maiden name of mother May  Quin

14. Birthplace Father East Cape Magdalen Islands   Mother Grosse Isle, Magdelan Islands


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full Turnbull, Laura Myrna

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

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 24   20. Religious denomination Church of England

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin British English

23. Residence Grindstone, Magdalen Islands

24. Place of birth Etand du Nord, Magdalen Islands

25. Name of father Phillip Turnball

26. Maiden name of mother May Keating

27. Birthplace Father Magdalen Islands   Mother Magdalen Islands


28. Date of marriage September 1 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89132


32. Signature of

Groom Layton Bayne Clarke

Bride   Laura Myrna Turnbull

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Nicholas N. McLean

Address   Westville

Name Maria Clarke

Address   Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Leslie A. Todd

Address St. Bees Rectory, Westville, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Church of England

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