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Looking for a birth record form 1944

Looking for a birth record form 1944

Posted: 9 Nov 2014 10:53PM GMT
Classification: Query
I am looking for a birth record of my father. Apparently he was born in Yarmouth, NS on December 7, 1944. His name was Michael Albert Gariepy. His parents might have been Margaret and Michel Gariepy.

Any help would be great.

Re: Looking for a birth record form 1944

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 12:48PM GMT
Classification: Query
Records of births in Nova Scotia after 1913 remain under the control of Vital Statistics, Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations. You will have to apply through them for a birth certificate. You should be able to find them easily through Google.

Re: Looking for a birth record form 1944

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 1:36PM GMT
Classification: Query



This was posted on rootsweb a long while ago. Looks like your family.

Albert Gariepy. He was married to Gariepy?.

.Grandma Gariepy?. Children were:

i. Marcel Roland Gariepy.
ii. Jaques Gariepy.
iii. Robert Gariepy.

Marcel Roland Gariepy was born in Canada. He was married to Margaret Elizabeth Shean.

Margaret Elizabeth Shean was born in Canada. She died in Montreal Canada.
Children were:

i. Sharon Janet Gariepy was born on 15 Jul 1941 in Belleville Ontario Canada..
ii. Michael Albert Gariepy was born on 7 Dec 1944 in Nova Scotia.

Re: Looking for a birth record form 1944

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 9:01PM GMT
Classification: Query
Oh my god! That must be it! That is my dad for sure! Thank you so much! I need to find more information now!

Re: Looking for a birth record form 1944

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 9:43PM GMT
Classification: Query
I just found that posting and it looks like it was made by Sharon's daughter, which would be my cousin. I tried the email twice but it returned as failure. The posting was almost 20 years ago. I wish I could find her......

Re: Looking for a birth record form 1944

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 2:19AM GMT
Classification: Query
A Yarmouth newspaper (Yarmouth Herald?) published a birth announcement in the 12 Dec. 1944 issue, page 2. The index identifes the child only as a son, born on 7 Dec. 1944, to Warrant Officer Marcel Gariepy.

Either the Yarmouth County Museum Archives or the Tusket Archives would probably do a look-up for you.



Re: Looking for a birth record form 1944

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 1:18PM GMT
Classification: Query
Wow! That is great! How did you find that? I was told my grandfather was in the Military but I haven't been able to find any records on it. Warrent Officer!

Re: Looking for a birth record form 1944

Posted: 14 Nov 2014 4:08PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 14 Nov 2014 4:11PM GMT
The Yarmouth County Historical Society has been producing a genealogically-oriented index, in ten-year increments, to all the surviving Yarmouth County newspapers from 1823 to 1960. I have the complete set (I was born in Yarmouth and grew up in that area, as did almost all my ancestors since the founding of the town in 1761, so I use it a LOT.)

So, when I saw your query, I pulled out the 1940-1949 index (which was just released this year) and looked up the name. And there it was.

I should add a caution that "Warrent Officer" is my interpretation; in the index he is listed as "Gariepy, W/O Marcel."

I have never seen the surname "Gariepy" in Yarmouth records before. WWII was raging at that time; it seems extremely likely that Marcel, being military, was transferred to Yarmouth from another part of Canada. And then probably transferred elsewhere a few years later.

Good luck!
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