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Leland Wesley Brown and Lillian Mary Cottreau married on 6 September 1945 at Arcadia, Yarmouth County

Registration: Year: 1945 number: 133997

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

REGISTERED No.  133997

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Yarmouth in City or Town Arcadia

BRIDEGROOM

1. PRINT name in full Brown, Leland Wesley

2. Trade, profession of kind of work Farming   Kind of industry or business

3. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widower   4. Age 48

5. Religious denomination Baptist   6. Racial origin English

7. Residence South Berwick, Nova Scotia

8. Place of birth Waterville, Nova Scotia

9. Name of father Rupert Brown

10. Place of birth of father Waterville, Nova Scotia

11. Maiden name of mother Liddia Sanford

12. Can bridegroom read? Yes   Write? Yes

BRIDE

13. PRINT name in full Cottreau, Lillian Mary

14. Trade, profession of kind of work Housework   Kind of industry or business

15. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   16. Age 22

17. Religious denomination Baptist   18. Racial origin French

19. Residence Candle Box Light, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia

20. Place of birth Pinkney's Point, Nova Scotia

21. Name of father Norman  Cottreau

22. Place of birth of father Wedgeport, Nova Scotia

23. Maiden name of mother Clara Cann

24. Can bride read? Yes   Write? Yes


25. When married 6 day of September 1945

26. Place of marriage  Arcadia, Yarmouth County

27. By license or banns 78726

28. Signature of

Groom Leland Wesley Brown

Bride   Lillian Mary Cottreau

29. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Fred S. Keddy

Address  Berwick, Kings County, Nova Scotia

Name Losa Mary Cotrera

Address  Candle Box Light, Nova Scotia

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

Officiating Clergyman J. K. Banks

Address Arcadia, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Baptist

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