John Billard (1855 - 1923)

Born 21 May 1855 in Newfoundland, Canada

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Died 4 Jan 1923 at age 67 in 2 Margaret St., North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Was a carpenter. Noted on son's marriage record as 'Billiard'. Numerous date discrepancies exist for John's demographic information: the 1921 Canada census notes John's age as 68, implying a birth year of 1853, but his death certificate notes a birth date of May 21, 1855. His death certificate also states date of death as January 4, 1923, but his findagrave entry states January 3, 1923, with a year of birth as 1858. Entries from death certificate are used as most definitive demographic data.

Burial site: Lakeside Cemetery, North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Jeff Billard.

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/i/l/Joan-M-Billard/GENE2-0003.html

https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=1951-5983&Event=death&ID=352025

http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&id=e002903483

https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=77-30&Event=death&ID=156613

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121878923/john-billard

http://www.math.mun.ca/~dapike/family_history/pike/ParishRecords/channel_ang_mar.shtml

Note that this last link is probably volatile, and could disappear at any moment, so the information from this site is as follows:

Channel Anglican Marriages

What follows is a list of all Pike marriages up to 1940 in the Channel Anglican church records held at PANL as of September 2009. This list constitutes a typescript of my handwritten extraction from photocopies of the original records, which is to say that I may have inadvertantly introduced some errors while transcribing and typing... as always, you should double-check against the original records. That said, if you spot any mistakes that I have made, please let me know at dapike@mun.ca. Additional Pike entries from other Newfoundland church records can also be found on my website.

Some comments about this list:

The entries below are in the same order as presented in the church records, which was not always in chronological order. Unless I mistakenly overlooked an entry or two, this is a complete list of all Pike entries up to 1940, including all entries where one of the marriage witnesses had Pike in his/her name. I also included instances in which somebody's middle name was Pike. At PANL these records are on microfilm as follows: 1852 - 1878 (Reel 51) 1878 - 1929 (Reel 49) 1929 - 1940 (Reel 24) I transcribed the records from reels 51 and 49 in March 2005. I transcribed the records from reel 24 in Sept 2009. Other marriages, for later years (up to 1982) are on other reels (46, 47, and 50), but I have not yet extracted any of these. The format of most of the entries that follow is as follows:

Line 1: Marriage Number, and Groom's name, abode, occupation, etc Line 2: Bride's name, abode, etc Line 3: Marriage date and location Line 4: List of witnesses Entries are separated by one or more blank lines.

George Henry Billard 55 widower Checker Agent C.N.R. Sydney N.S. father: John Billiard Carpenter Mildred Tulk 43 spinster Teacher St John's father: William Tulk Teacher 4 July 1937 in the Church of St James, Channel John Pike, Capt D Brinton, Olive Field [note: "Agent" in George's occupation appears to be crossed out]

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to Jeff Billard for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Jeff and others.