William Bruce CIPHERY
1911 - 1976 (64 years)
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Name William Bruce CIPHERY Birth 19 Dec 1911 Colchester, Essex, Ontario, Canada 
Gender Male Occupation 1936 [1] Millhand Death 20 Aug 1976 Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada Burial Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Person ID I34146 Whitewater Region Early Families Last Modified 17 Dec 2020
Father George Watson CIPHERY, b. 8 Jan 1880, Gesto, Essex, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown Mother Ada Catherine LESTER, b. Abt 1880, Amherstburg, Essex, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 19 Feb 1902 Amherstburg, Essex, Ontario, Canada Family ID F24708 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Leona Doris JOHNSON, b. 13 Feb 1912, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 29 Sep 1988, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years) Marriage 10 Jun 1936 Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada [1] Family ID F14159 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 Jul 2017
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Photos 
Ciphery, Bruce & Leona nee Johnson wedding photo Attendants: Osborne Johnson & Muriel Jackson
from the collection of Joy Van Grinsven
Ciphery, Bruce & Leona nee Johnson
Photos from the Pictoral Calendar of Cobden Charge - 1972 including Grace United Church & Queen's Line United Church (Collection of Gladys Francis)Ciphery, Bruce on wedding day
photograph from the collection of daughter Joy
Ciphery, Bruce in military uniform
photograph from the collection of Joy Van Grinsven
Ciphery, Bruce 7 Leona
photograph from the collection of Joy Van Grinsven
Documents 
CHx-Colours dedicated at new Cobden Legion Charter
Newspaper Clipping from the 1955 Scrapbook of Irene McLaren,
provided to Fay Bennett by Jack McLaren
Headstones 
Gravestone-Ciphery, Bruce & Leona nee Ciphery
Beachburg Union Cemetery
photographed by Fay Bennett, Oct 2016
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Notes - From author's FB page Cobden of the Past, No 10, 2020
Pte. William Bruce Ciphery, son of George Watson Ciphery and Ada Catherine Lester, was born on 19 Dec 1911 in Colchester, Ontario, died on 20 Aug 1976 in Ottawa, aged 64, and was buried in Beachburg Union Cemetery.
Bruce married Leona Doris Johnson, daughter of Samuel Clemens Johnson and Mary Ethel Brown, on 10 Jun 1936 in Beachburg. Leona was born on 13 Feb 1912 in Ross Twp., died on 29 Sep 1988 in Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada aged 76, and was buried in Beachburg Union Cemetery.
Bruce served in the Army and in the field evacuated the wounded. He was listed on the Army wounded list on Sep 2, 1944. Bruce was again listed on the Army wounded list on Mar 21, 1945. On one of these occassions, the bullet went through his wallet, slowing it down and reducing the damage.
Upon discharge, Bruce & Leona lived in Temiskaming, where he worked in the lumber camps. Back in Cobden, he worked in Yates Bakery and Wilson's Food Market as well as the Creamery. Many would remember him when he later served as janitor at the Cobden District High School.
Bruce was a charter member of Cobden Branch 550, Royal Canadian Legion. He served on the Colour Party for many years.
Information & photographs contributed by dau Joy.
- From author's FB page Cobden of the Past, No 10, 2020
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Sources - [S722] Presbyterian Marriages 1902-1938 (Beachburg, Ontario, Canada), Church Record - Presbyterian Marriages, Beachburg, 1902-1938 (Reliability: 3).
witness: Osborne Johnson, Cobden; Muriel Jackson, Smiths Falls
@ St. Andrew's Manse, Beachburg
on: Jun 10 1936 by William Higgs
- [S722] Presbyterian Marriages 1902-1938 (Beachburg, Ontario, Canada), Church Record - Presbyterian Marriages, Beachburg, 1902-1938 (Reliability: 3).