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Edwin Bertram Gittens

Edwin Bertram Gittens

Male 1925 - 1978  (52 years)


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  • Name Edwin Bertram Gittens  [1, 2] 
    Religion 1925  Bedford, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Anglican at time of birth
    Birth 22 Apr 1925  Bedford, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Birth Registration: Shefford West, Quebec

      Edwin Bertram, son of Clifford Bertram Gittens, Banker of WestShefford, County Shefford, Province of Quebec, and of Elizabeth Louise Amilia Walcott, his wife, was born on Twenty First day of April in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Twenty Five and was baptized on the Seventeenth day of May of the same year by me.

      Edward Knowles, Priest

      Witnesses:

      Clifford Bertram Gittens

      Elizabeth Louise Amilia Walcott

      M. Seale

      M. M. Knowles

      Mary E Walcott
    Baptism 7 May 1925  Shefford West, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Travel 31 Dec 1925  New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    • from Barbados arriving, Clifford C. Gittens ( born in Bridgetown Barbados, Occupation Bank Clerk) , his wife Elizabeth (age 40, born in Saint Michaels, Barbados) and their two children Isabel (age 3, born in Quebec, Canada) and son Edwin (age 8 months, Born In quebec, Canada) sailed from Barbados on December 24 1925 aboard the vessel Vestris, arriving in New York on Dec 31, 1925.
    Residence 31 Dec 1925  Westmount, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • 326 Salby St, Role: Occupant
    Death 10 Apr 1978  Dunham, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Obituary 13 Apr 1978  Dunham, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Montreal Gazette, His obituary was published in the Montreal Gazette on 13 Apr 1978 inMontreal, Quebec, Canada.¹
      Gittens, Edwin Bertram. On April 10, 1978, Edwin Bertram Gittens, of Dunham, Quebec, in his fifty-second year, son of the late Clifford Bertram Gittens and the late Elizabeth Walcott. Survived by one sister Isabel Drake of Montreal, and uncle of Beverly, Eisenhower, Pamela, Leslie, Richard Drake and Robert Drake Junior. Resting at Dion Funeral Home in Bedford, Quebec, from Thursday, 7 p.m. Funeral Saturday, at St. James Anglican Church, Stanbridge East at 2 p.m. Internment in Stanbridge East.
    Burial Stanbridge East, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Found an old newspaper clipping
    Person ID I463  Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2022 

    Father Clifford Bertram Gittens,   b. 17 Sep 1884, Saint Michael, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 1975, Bedford, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Louise Amilia Walcott,   b. 4 May 1885, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1952, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 2 Aug 1919  Lachine, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Marriage Record: - Lachine Quebec, Anglican Saint Stephen

      Clifford Bertram Gittens, bachelor, Clerk, of free age of Lachine and Elizabeth Louisa Amilia Walcot, spinster of free age of Lachine. By authority of license were married on August the second A.D. Nineteen Hundred and nineteen.

      This marriage was solemized betweeb us:

      signed "Elizabeth Louisa Amilia Walcott"

      signed "Clifford Bertram Gittens"

      In the Presence of:

      E.J. Walcott, ???, Florance B. Davie
    Alt. Marriage 2 Aug 1919  Lachine, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Marriage Record: - Lachine Quebec, Anglican Saint Stephen
      Clifford Bertram Gittens, bachelor, Clerk, of free age of Lachineand Elizabeth Louisa Amilia Walcot, spinster of free age of Lachine.By authority of license were married on August the second A.D.Noneteen Hundred and nineteen.
      This marriage was solemized betweeb us:
      signed "Elizabeth Louisa Amilia Walcott"
      signed "Clifford Bertram Gittens"
      In the Presence of:
      E.J. Walcott, ???, Florance B. Davie
    Photos
    Clifford Bertram Gittens Clipping    		Clifford Bertram Gittens Clipping
    Bajan ends holiday visit
    Family ID F178  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos 3 Photos

  • Sources 
    1. [S348] Quebec. Montreal., Montreal Gazette, "Deaths, Gittens, Edwin Bertram," apr 13 1978, online archives (http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19780413&id=uRQyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d6QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6194,3222182).

    2. [S964] Anglican Church of England (West Shefford, Quebec, Canada), Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967. Digital images., (Ancestry.com. Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 . www.ancretry.com : 2008.).

    3. [S965] Anglican Church of England (West Shefford, Quebec, Canada), Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967. Digital images., (Ancestry.com. Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 . www.ancretry.com : 2008.).

    4. [S835] The Generations Network, Inc., 2006., database, Ancestery.com, (Name: (www.ancestry.com);).

    5. [S834] Canada., "Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935." Digital images., (Ancestry.com. Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 .).

    6. [S537] Personal knowledge of Clifford C Gittens, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE]\., This obituary newspaper clipping was found in the papers of Audrey Gittens, my mother.

    7. [S954] Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, (Name: Ancestry.com. Quebec Vital and Church Records (DrouinCollection), 1621-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: TheGenerations Network, Inc., 2008. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp.Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut GénéalogiqueDrouin.;).