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Wilbert Gordon Billard and Edith May D'Gruchy married on 4 July 1947 at Halifax, Halifax County

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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