Births and Deaths

John Colin Briggs - 1943-11-02

Donald Robert Briggs - 1947-04-23

Berta Mary Briggs - 1948-04-13

Charles William Briggs - 1949-07-03


Deaths

Charles Briggs - 1953-10-09

Mary Christina Briggs - 1952-02-09

Margaret Roger Armstrong - 1960-11-20


Marriage:

James Armstrong, Anne Jane Campbell - 1879-12-19 in Enniskillen (left Ireland January 1880)

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