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- Jeanne Marie Cottreau was the daughter of Jean M. Etienne "Johnny" Cottreau and Marie Sara Elizabeth "Sadie" Doucet.[1]
She was born February 12, 1904 in Tusket Wedge, Nova Scotia.[2][3]
She grew up in the family home located along the East Road[4] in Tusket Wedge.[3]
She married Russell Levi Atkinson, the son of James Atkinson and Zilpha Ross, on June 22, 1937 at St. Michael's in Wedgeport, Nova Scotia.[5][3]
The couple settled into the home her husband built next door to that of her father's, on the East Road, in Wedgeport.[6][7]
The couple had 2 children together:[8]:
1. Leonora Eva "Nora" born in 1939[1]
2. Marie Agnes born in 1943[1]
Jeanne Marie died September 19, 1996[1][8], and her funeral was held September 21, 1996 at St. Michael's.
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