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    1. Re: [Antigonish] Weddings:NILES-BROTHERS,Antigonish
    2. Hello all, I'm wondering if the Nicholas LANDRY [brother-in-law of the bride below] was the son of George LANDRY & Amelia DOIRON? Thanks to Carolyn Wallace for posting this item! And thanks in advance for any info. Eileen Avery In a message dated 5/2/04 6:36:27 PM, [email protected] writes: >From: "Carolyn Wallace" <[email protected]> >The Eastern Chronicle, New Glasgow, N.S.- Tuesday, Feb 3, 1942 >NILES- BROTHERS > In St. Ninian's Cathedral, Antigonish, Friday evening, Jan.30, at > 7:30, Jean Delores Brothers was united in marriage to Gunner Allan > Archibald Niles. The Rev.J. R. MacDonald, rector of the Cathedral, > performed the ceremony. > The couple was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Landry, > brother-in-law and sister of the bride. The wedding marches were played > by Mrs. D.V. MacDonald and John Conlon was soloist. > Mrs. Niles, who is secretary to the Nova Scotia Credit Union League, > is the second daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brothers of > Antigonish. Mr. Niles, at present stationed at Camp Petawawa, Ontario, > was at the time of his enlistment last July, accountant at the Bank of > Nova Scotia here. He is the son of the late Mrs. Niles and Mr. Niles, of > Florenceville, N.B. > The bride's costume was of reindeer brown velvet, with Russian > squirrell hip-length jacket and matching feather chapeau. Her corsage was > of Happy Day roses. Mrs. Landry wore a gown of dove-grey crepe under a > black seal coat, with a corsage of white carnations. > Immediately after the ceremony, a few close friends of Mr. and Mrs. > Niles gathered at the Landry home where an informal reception was held. > The toast to the bride and bridegroom was proposed by the Rev.Dr.D. > McCormack of St. Francis Xavier University and responded to by Mr. Niles. > Mr. and Mrs. Niles left on the early mornong express for a brief > honeymoon in Upper Canada where he will rejoin his regiment in a few days.

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