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Lauchlin Earl Nicholson and Mae MacAulay married on 11 December 1947 at Donkin, Cape Breton County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006442

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476442

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Cape Breton

  City, Town or Village Donkin

  Street or Road The United Church Manse


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Nicholson, Lauchlin Earl

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 25   7. Religious denomination United Church of Canada

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence Port Morien, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth Glace Bay, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Neil Nicholson

13. Maiden name of mother Catherine  Burchell

14. Birthplace Father Port Morien, Nova Scotia   Mother Glace Bay, Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full MacAulay, Mae

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Cashier   17. Kind of industry or business Dept. Store

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 Port Morien, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Port Morien, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father James MacAuley

26. Maiden name of mother Catherine  MacKenzie

27. Birthplace Father Port Morien, Nova Scotia   Mother Beachmount, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia


28. Date of marriage December 11 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 89814


32. Signature of

Groom Lauchlin Earl Nicholson

Bride   Mae MacAulay

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Clifford Archibald Orr

Address   Port Morien, Nova Scotia

Name Catherine MacAulay

Address   Port Morien, Cape Breton Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman Alfred Thorpe

Address Donkin, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination The United Church of Canada

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