↑https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/marriage/?ID=16120 (Cumberland County marriage registration at PANS, Year: 1866, Book: 1809, Page: 22, Number: 30; Ferdinand gives his age as (21), he is a bachelor, a farmer, birthplace and residence Minudie. His parents are named as ‘Dominique et Marg’. Ferdinand married Philomène ‘Berbine’ (Babin) on Oct 21, 1866 at Minudie. Philomène gives her age as (20), she is single, residence Minudie, parents ‘Moses et Rosalie Berbine’. Witnesses to the marriage were not recorded, but the couple were married by Rev Thos Maher)
https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1871&op=img&id=4396669_00603 (1871 census of Canada, (Nova Scotia), District: Cumberland, subdistrict: River Hébert, Page: 04, Family #13; we find ‘Fardinand Brine’, age (31), married, French, RC, a fisherman, living with his wife Philomène, age given (28), daughter Mary (3), son Angus (?), (6 months)(b Sept 1870), a servant, ‘Amelia Burbine’ (16), Mary Brine, (24), and Amos Brine, (22), a farmer; everyone in the household is born in NS, French, RC)
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