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Dr. William Daniel Pearson GRIGGS and Julia Elizabeth MARCHANT Family

• Male Dr. William Daniel Pearson GRIGGS

  
  

  Birth	13 Jul 1906	Brandon, Manitoba
  Death	10 Jan 1998	Victoria, British Columbia
  Burial
  Marriage	5 Jan 1938  [1, 2]	East Kildonan, Manitoba  [1, 2]
  Divorced	16 Jan 1947
  Other Spouse	Alba Muriel ASHBY | F7482
  Marriage	1952	Winnipeg, Manitoba
  Father	William Daniel GRIGGS | F7483 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elizabeth Maud MAY | F7483 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Julia Elizabeth MARCHANT

  
  

  Birth	22 May 1915	Winnipeg, Manitoba
  Death	30 Mar 2021	Winnipeg, Manitoba
  Burial		St John’s Cemetery, Red Wing, Goodhue, Minnesota
  Other Spouse	Fredrick Louis BOHMBACH | F7459
  Marriage	15 Mar 1957	Olmsted, Minnesota
  Father	Joseph Barzillia MARCHANT | F7453 Group Sheet
  Mother	Florence Belle STILWELL | F7453 Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Marchant announce the engagement of their eldest daughter, Julia Elizabeth, to Dr. William Daniel Pearson Griggs, of Lipton, Sask., son of Mr. and Mrs. William Griggs, ot Griswold, Man. The wedding will take place on Jan. 5 in St. Stephen’s Anglican church, in North Klldonan. (Source: The Winnipeg Tribune, December 2, 1937)

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Newspaper. East Kildonan, was the scene of a wedding Jan. 5, when Julia Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Marchant, became the bride of Dr. W. D. P. Griggs, of Llpton, Sask., son ol Mr. and Mrs. W. Griggs, Grlswold, Man. Rev. H. Sherstone read the marriage lines. The bride entered the church with her father to the strains of the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin. Miss Madeleine Marchant, sister of the bride, and Miss Margaret Ross were the attendants. Mr. Earl Griggs, of Saskatchewan, was his brother’s best man. The ushers were Messrs. Fred Marchant and George Fraser: Ivory velvet fashioned the bride’s princess gown, which fell to a train from the box - pleated back panel. Her net veil, edged with bridal lace, was held tn place with a wreath of orange blossoms. The bridesmaids wore net over taffeta In mauve and green tones. They carried Talisman roses. A reception was held at the home of the bride’s parents, 327 Leighton ave. — The Winnipeg Tribune, January 5, 1938. [S2] Newspaper. The following were In Winnipeg to attend the wedding of Miss Julia Marchant to Dr. W. D. P. Griggs, of Lipton, Sask., which was an event of Jan. 5: Mr. and Mrs. W. Griggs and Miss Alberta Griggs, Griswold, Man.; Miss Ruby McGee, Brandon. — The Winnipeg Tribune, January 11, 1938.