Kathryn:
These Bowden¹s are on my Winter/s lineage via the Spicer¹s.
Whitney Wilbert Bowden was m/1 to Delta Aleta (Fraser) Doran in 1943. She
was previously married to Thomas H. Doran and divorced; issue of two Doran
children.
Whitney and Delta divorced in 1959 with Delta m/3 a Pat O¹Brien.
Dave
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Parrsboro Record, Tuesday, October 26, 1943; Reel #2864, PANS, Halifax, N.S.
WEDDINGS
Bowden - Doran
A wedding of interest to many friends took place quietly at the Baptist
Parsonage on Sunday evening, October 10th, Rev. J.N. Currie officiating,
when Delta Aleta Doran, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Fraser, of
Parrsboro, was united in marriage to Whitney Wilbert Bowden, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Bowden of Wharton. The bride was becomingly attired in a dress
of British Tan crepe, with brown accessories, and wore a corsage of tea
roses and baby's breath. Mr. and Mrs. Bowden will reside in Parrsboro.
Source: Dave Winter, 7 May 2010
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The Halifax Herald Limited: Thursday, December 17, 1998
Obituary
O'BRIEN, Delta Aleta - Pictou, died December 10, 1998, in Shiretown Nursing
Home, Pictou. Born in Fraserville, Cumberland Co., she was a daughter of the
late William and Nettie (Knowlton) Fraser. Surviving are brother, Frank,
Advocate; five grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. She was
predeceased by her first husband, Thomas Doran; her second husband,
***Whitney Bowden***; her third husband, Pat O'Brien; daughter, Betty Smith;
son, Kenneth Doran; sisters, Alida, Inez, Connie, Gertrude; brothers, Carl,
Albert, Watson, Ben, Hugh, Chesley, Warren in infancy. Her body was donated
to Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation. Memorial service a later date.
Donations to any charity.
Source: Jack Wagstaff, possibly from the Herald Obit CD
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On 5/7/10 4:49 PM, "Kathryn Jeffers" <k.jeffers@...> wrote:
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> PARRSBORO - Whitney W. Bowden, 69, of Parrsboro, died Sunday at home.
> Born in Wharton, Cumberland County, he was a son of the late Joseph and
> Rosie Mae (Spicer) Bowden. He was a retired lumberman. He is survived
> by six sisters, Mrs. Estella Coss, Bath, Me.; Mrs. Lettie Vickery,
> Diligent River; Mrs. Reta Rokes, Natick, Mass.; Roberta (Mrs. Charles
> Hiltz), Kathleen (Mrs. Meart Webb), both of Economy; Hilda (Mrs. Roy
> Barragh), Amherst. He was predeceased by two brothers, Hubert and
> Russell; two sisters, Lena and Blanche. The body is at Smith's Funeral
> Home, Parrsboro, where funeral service will be Tuesday at 2 p.m., Rev.
> Eric Miner officiating. Burial will be in the Baptist cemetery,
> Parrsboro at a later date.
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> From the Halifax Chronicle Herald Newspaper, published Monday, 17 March
> 1980, page 23.
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