Rafuse - Smythe of Parrsboro

["david winter" <david_winter_uid1214@yahoogroups.com>]

Hi again Rick:

I just located a bit more data from clues in Genesta'a obit. I had one of
the baptisms but not the 2 deaths of the boys who died in infancy.

Dave
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NSARM Cumberland Deaths 1927; Book #120; Page #452
James Basil Frederick Rafuse, Parrsboro, Single
Born --blank---, N.S.
Died 21 Dec 1927, Parrsboro, age 1 month, 24 days, of Convulsions
S/o Frederick S. Rafuse, N.S., and Genesta Smythe, N.S.
Informant; Penn Smythe, Parrsboro, Grandfather
Buried 25 Dec 1927, Methodist

Source: Dave Winter, 21 Jan 2008
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St. George¹s Anglican Church, Parrsboro, N.S.; Reel #11757-X, NSARM,
Halifax, N.S.
BAPTISMS:
#20; James Basil Frederick, s/o Frederick and Genesta Rafuse, Parrsboro
Born 27 Oct 1927; Baptized 21 Dec 1927 at St. George¹s

Source: Dave Winter, 21 Jan 2008
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NSARM Cumberland Deaths 1929; Book #120; Page #967
Clarence Maurice Rafuse, Parrsboro, Single
Born 21 Jan 1929, N.S.
Died 22 Jan 1929, Parrsboro, age 3 days, of Influenza
S/o Frederick S. Rafuse, N.S., and Genesta Smythe, N.S.
Informant; Penn Smythe, Parrsboro, Grandfather
Buried 24 Jan 1929, United

Source: Dave Winter, 21 Jan 2008
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Fred and Genesta's daughter-in-law; m/1 Wallace Sanford Rafuse:

The Halifax Herald Limited, Monday, December 22, 1997
Obituary

DOWE, Eva May

RAFUSE, Eva May - 63, Southampton, Cumberland Co., died Saturday, December
20, 1997, in Highland View Regional Hospital, Amherst. Born in Fox River,
Cumberland Co., she was a daughter of the late Reginald and Annie Laura
(Taylor) Dowe. She was a member of the Pythian Sisters #38, Southampton, and
former member of the Rebekah Lodge. She was a member of Highway Pentecostal
Church, Parrsboro. She is survived by her husband, Wallace; daughters:
Sharon (Mrs. Ricky White), Dartmouth; Susan (Mrs. Peter Dow), Lorna (Mrs.
Adnan Mageed), both of Southampton; sons: David and wife Tammy, Malagash;
Douglas and fiance Janey, Amherst; sisters: Marie (Mrs. Clayton (Hughs),
Lower Sackville; Eileen (Mrs. Glendon Bowden), Diligent River; Ethel Varner,
Amherst; brothers: Stanley, Diligent River; Lorne, Parrsboro; eight
grandchildren. Funeral service 2 p.m. today in Smith's Funeral Home,
Parrsboro, Pastor Henry Devito, Pastor Ivan Blakeney and Pastor Gary Leavitt
officiating. Burial in Southampton Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made
to the Terry Fox Foundation of Canada or to a charity of choice.

Source: Herald Obit. CD
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