Relationship Record 922

Male/Husband}   Hancock, Chester LeRoy     Family History} Hancock
  Female/Wife}    Clayton, Laura Margaret (Lorna) Relationship Type} Marriage
Marriage: Date} Exa 21 Nov 1942 Place} Wesley United Church, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario
Ended: On Date} Exa 31 Oct 1989
                      By} Death of husband
Source 1} 1887=Letters
Source 2} 1884=Newspaper
Source 3} 1885=Marriage rec
Source 4} 1886=Newspaper
Source 5} 1879=Voter rec
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Photographs} None  
Last Updated
        by} Karen Hancock
Date Updated}   4 Jun 2026
Date Created}  25 May 2026
Chester LeRoy Hancock and Lorna Margaret Clayton were married on 21 Nov 1942 in the Wesley United Church, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario.  They had met while both were serving in the war department.  They went to Montreal on their honeymoon, then made their home in Ottawa.

While living in Ottawa, Chester and Lorna had two boys, Richard and Thomas.  After the war they moved to Thunder Bay, Ontario, where Lorna had grown up.  Here they added two girls to the family, Margaret and Karen.  In the 1945 Voter lists, they are listed as living at 516 Brodie Streeet, City of Fort William, Ontario.  Chester L. Hancock is listed as a soldier, and Mrs. Chester Hancock as a housewife.  Living with them was her father, Richard Clayton, retired.

Chester died 31 Oct 1989, place and burial unknown.  Lorna died 6 Mar 2012, in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Children: Total # of Children} 4 Seq. # of Primary}  
  1st Child}Hancock, Richard LeRoy      1943 - 2007
  2nd Child}Hancock, Thomas Clayton
  3rd Child}Hancock, Margaret Anne
  4th Child}Hancock, Karen Lorraine
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