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Joseph Leonard DeCoste and Eunice Allah St. Claire married on 22 April 1946 at Havre Boucher, Antigonish County

Registration: Year: 1946 number: 136960

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  136960

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Antigonish

  City, Town or Village Havre Boucher

  Street or Road St. Paul's Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full DeCoste, Joseph Leonard

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Widowed   6. Age 25   7. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin French

10. Residence Havre Boucher, Antigonish County

11. Place of birth Havre Boucher, Antigonish County

12. Name of father Andrew DeCoste

13. Maiden name of mother Bertha Brow

14. Birthplace Father Havre Boucher, Antigonish County   Mother Havre Boucher, Antigonish County


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full St. Claire, Eunice Allah

16. Trade, profession of kind of work Waitress/Clerk   17. Kind of industry or business

18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster   19. Age 21   20. Religious denomination Roman Catholic

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin Irish

23. Residence Halifax

24. Place of birth Glace Bay, Cape Breton County

25. Name of father Duncan St. Claire

26. Maiden name of mother Mary Theresa MacLean

27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland & Labrador   Mother Newfoundland & Labrador


28. Date of marriage April 22 1946   29. By license or banns License 30. License number 20478


32. Signature of

Groom Joseph Leonard DeCoste

Bride   Eunice Allah St. Claire

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name Thelma E. Landry

Address   Havre Boucher, Antigonish County

Name Ignatius Boucher

Address   Havre Boucher, Antigonish County

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

Officiating Clergyman Rev. Charles J. Schlereth

Address St. Augustine's Monastery, Monastery, Antigonish County

Religious denomination Roman Catholic

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