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Note: Name:�Ctab�D George Retson Event Type:�Ctab�D Marriage Event Date:�Ctab�D 1912 Event Place:�Ctab�D , Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada Gender:�Ctab�D Male Spouse's Name:�Ctab�DMary Edith Taylor Registration Date:�Ctab�D 1912 Volume:�Ctab�D 1808 Page:�Ctab�D 26 No image available Search collection About this collection Citing this Record "Nova Scotia, Vital Records, 1763-1957," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMLX-GK4 : accessed 24 Jun 2014), George Retson and Mary Edith Taylor, 1912, Marriage; citing p. 26, volume 1808, , Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada. v. George Retson39, born 02 Dec 1881 in Townhead, Fenwick, Ayrshire40; married Edith Taylor 14 Nov 1912. Notes for George Retson: George immigrated to Canada along with three brothers William, John, and James. He formed a partnership with John and George bought farmland from brother Bill(William). The farm was called East Court Farm. The partnership did not survive and George moved to become herdsman of Napan Government farm near Amherst. Notes for Edith Taylor: George and Edith wrote wills leaving each other their estates. She the rewrote her will leaving every thing to her Daughter Ester. When George discovered this he then rewrote his will and left W.R. Retson a large chunk. He was killed in Scotland stepping off the curb and forgetting that traffic drove on the other side of the road.
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