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Leo Frederick Marshall Rafuse 1903–1968 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 AUG 1903

Birth Location: Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Death Date: 31 JAN 1968

Death Location: Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Frederick Rafuse

Mother: Alice Snair

Spouse(s): Isabel Schnare

Children(s): Marion Rafuse, John Rafuse, Allan Refuse, Clarence Sr., Brenda Rafuse

Leo Frederick Marshall Rafuse was born in 1903 in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, the child of Frederick Rafuse And Alice C Snair. Leo Frederick Marshall Rafuse married Isabel Alma Schnare, and had children including Allan Roy Refuse, Brenda Rafuse, Clarence Ralph Rafuse Sr, Clayton Rafuse, Frederick Rafuse, John Leonard Lennie Rafuse, Marion Marie Rafuse, Mary Ann Rafuse. Leo Frederick Marshall Rafuse passed away in 1968 in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Biography

  • Leo Frederick Marshall Rafuse was born in 1903 in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, the child of Frederick Rafuse And Alice C Snair.
  • Leo Frederick Marshall Rafuse married Isabel Alma Schnare, and had children including Allan Roy Refuse, Brenda Rafuse, Clarence Ralph Rafuse Sr, Clayton Rafuse, Frederick Rafuse, John Leonard Lennie Rafuse, Marion Marie Rafuse, Mary Ann Rafuse.
  • Leo Frederick Marshall Rafuse passed away in 1968 in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Leo Rafuse's Ancestors

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Leo Rafuse
1903–1968
Birth Place: Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents
Frederick Rafuse
1875–
Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Alice (C.) Snair
1867–
East Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Grandparents
Henry (Edward) Rafuse
1846–
East Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Elizabeth ('Jane') Marryatt
1847–
Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Great-Grandparents
John Rafuse
1810–
Lucy Houghton
1812–1887
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Rafuse
1776–
Anna Zinc
1781–1873

Leo Rafuse's Descendants

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Leo (Frederick Marshall) Rafuse (31 AUG 1903–31 JAN 1968) m. Isabel (Alma) Schnare (ABT 1905–16 DEC 1993)
  1. 1. Marion (Marie) Rafuse 1927–2004 m. Peter Marshall –2004
    1. 1. Carol (Ann) Whitman 1947–2014 m. Rodney Halliday –2014
  2. 2. John (Leonard (Lennie)) Rafuse 1924–2002 m. Gertrude (Christena (Gertie)) Gillis 1925–2008
  3. 3. Allan (Roy) Refuse 1930–2010
  4. 4. Clarence (Ralph Rafuse) Sr. 1933–1989
  5. 5. Brenda Rafuse –1989

Leo Rafuse's Timeline

2 Records

1903
31 AUG 1903
Birth of Leo Frederick Marshall Rafuse in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
1968
31 JAN 1968
Age 65
Death of Leo Frederick Marshall Rafuse in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 AUG 1903
    Event Place: Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bayview Anglican Cemetery, Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] Obituary
    [2] Obituary
    [3] Obituary

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 JAN 1968
    Event Place: Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] Obituary
    [2] Obituary
    [3] Obituary

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