Registration: Year: 1947 number: 003549
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA
MARRIAGE REGISTER
Register No. 19473549
PLACE OF MARRIAGE County of Halifax
City, Town or Village Halifax
Street or Road St George’s Church
BRIDEGROOM
2. PRINT name in full Billard, Wilbert Gordon
3. Trade, profession of kind of work Stage builder 4. Kind of industry or business Shipyards
5. Bachelor, Widower or Divorced Bachelor 6. Age 24 7. Religious denomination Church of England
8. Citizenship Canadian 9. Racial origin French
10. Residence Nova Scotia, Hfx County, Halifax, 12 1/2 Brunswick St.
11. Place of birth Newfoundland, Grand Bruit
12. Name of father Hernry Billard
13. Maiden name of mother Bessie Riles
14. Birthplace Father Newfoundland, Grand Bruit Mother Newfoundland West Point
BRIDE
15. PRINT name in full D'Gruchy, Edith May
16. Trade, profession of kind of work Domestic 17. Kind of industry or business Housework
18. Spinster Widow or Divorced Spinster 19. Age 25 20. Religious denomination Church of England
21. Citizenship Newfoundland British Colony 22. Racial origin French
23. Residence Nova Scotia, Hfx.Co., Halifax, 99 Oxford St.
24. Place of birth Newfoundland, Reioutes West
25. Name of father George D’Gruchy
26. Maiden name of mother Elizabeth Hordy
27. Birthplace Father Newfoundland Mother Newfoundland
28. Date of marriage July 4 1947 29. By license or banns License 30. License number
32. Signature of
Groom Wilbert Gordon Billard
Bride Edith May D'Gruchy
33. Signatures of Witnesses
Name Lewis J. Brown
Address 86 West Halifax Nova Scotia
Name Sylvia DeGruchy
Address Duffus St. Fairview Nova Scotia
I certify the above stated particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Officiating Clergyman
Address St George’s Rectory, 43 Cornwallis St. Halifax N.S
Religious denomination Church of England in Canada
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