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Bruce Wallace Dawson (1921 - abt. 1996)

Bruce Wallace Dawson
Born in Saint Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canadamap
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Son of and
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 20 Jul 1946 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadamap
[children unknown]
Died about at about age 74 in Alberta, Canadamap [uncertain]
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Biography

Bruce was born about 1921 in Saint Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was the son of Edith Marion Wallace and Percival Harold Dawson.[1]

In 1946 he married Norma Lorraine Neal (nee Finch) in West Point Grey United Church in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Bruce was 24 yrs., a bachelor, Scotch, Presbyterian and worked as an accountant and was studying C.A. He had been residing on Yew St. in Vancouver, BC. Norma was 27 yrs., widowed, United Church, and worked as a bookkeeper for the RCMP. She had been residing on W 14th Ave. in Vancouver, BC. Witnesses were her sister Leone M Finch of W 3rd Vancouver BC and Jack H Davies of W 12th Vancouver BC.[2] They had a son in Victoria BC and then another son and a daughter in Vancouver, BC. They later moved to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and enjoyed many years together there. They were married 51 yrs.

He passed away, likely in Alberta, Canada after 1990, and was cremated and ashes scattered by family.[3]

Research Notes

  • his parents passed away in Vancouver, BC Canada.

Sources

  1. ↑ "Genealogy Searches for Unrestricted Records Birth," online database. Entry for Bruce Wallace Dawson; Registration Number: 1921,048821, St. Boniface, 1921-12-23. Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency (https://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php : accessed 2022-09-01).
  2. ↑ "British Columbia Marriage Registrations," online database with images. Entry for Bruce Wallace Dawson and Norma Lorraine Neal; Registration Number:1946-09-010286, Vancouver, 1946-07-20. Marriage Certificate Royal British Columbia Museum: BC Archives (royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/genealogy : accessed 2022-09-01).
  3. ↑ Personal recollection of events witnessed by C Finch as remembered 17 Aug 2021.




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