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Robert James Fraser and Mary Anita DeCoste married on 9 October 1947 at New Glasgow, Pictou County

Registration: Year: 1947 number: 006729

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA

MARRIAGE REGISTER

Register No.  19476729

PLACE OF MARRIAGE   County of Pictou

  City, Town or Village New Glasgow

  Street or Road St John the Baptist Church


BRIDEGROOM

2. PRINT name in full Fraser, Robert James

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

5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor   6. Age 24   7. Religious denomination Catholic

8. Citizenship Canadian   9. Racial origin Scottish

10. Residence MacDonald St., New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

11. Place of birth New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

12. Name of father Simon Fraser

13. Maiden name of mother Susannah Heighton

14. Birthplace Father Blue Mountain, Pictou County   Mother Cape John, Pictou County Nova Scotia


BRIDE

15. PRINT name in full DeCoste, Mary Anita

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

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

21. Citizenship Canadian   22. Racial origin French

23. Residence New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

24. Place of birth Larry’s River, Guysboro County, Nova Scotia

25. Name of father Walter DeCoste

26. Maiden name of mother Alvina Landry

27. Birthplace Father Arichat, Nova Scotia   Mother Petit de Grat, Cape Breton


28. Date of marriage October 9 1947   29. By license or banns License 30. License number


32. Signature of

Groom Robert James Fraser

Bride   Mary Anita DeCoste

33. Signatures of Witnesses

Name James Avery

Address   New Glasgow

Name Ann Batherson

Address   New Glasgow

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

Officiating Clergyman D. R. Chisholm

Address 390 High St., New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

Religious denomination Catholic

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