Gill, Nash
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Nacchatter (Nash) Singh and Rajinder Kaur Thind were married on June 18, 1972, at the Abbotsford Gur Sikh Temple. The bride and groom stand behind four girls, who are dressed in identical orange Indian lehengas. Rajinder Kaur is wearing a pink bridal lehenga with her head covered by a dupatta. Nash Singh is wearing a formal pin-striped suit. Both the bride and groom have varmalas around their necks, which is a flower garland that signifies the marital union. Wedding guests surround the couple. Amongst the crowd is Indar Singh (third row, third from right) in a pink turban. Khem Singh Gill (Indar Singh's father) is in the front row, second to the right. Khem Singh is wearing a pink turban with his cane on the ground. Mohinder Singh Gill (Indar's brother) is standing in the foreground to the left. Kartar Kaur Gill is standing close to the couple. Nash's sisters Baljit and Malkit are all standing nearby.
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Nachhattar (Nash) Singh and Rajinder Kaur Thind were married on June 18, 1972, at the Abbotsford Gur Sikh Temple. The newly wedded couple is standing in front of a light-blue car. Rajinder Kaur is wearing a pink wedding lehenga with a dupatta, a head cover. Nash Singh is wearing a formal pin-stripped suit and a pink turban. Nash Singh carries a sword, a tradition in Sikh weddings; to protect himself and his bride, the groom used to have a sword. The bride and groom each hold an end of a yellow scarf called a palla , which signifies their physical union and the goal for a spiritual union of their souls. Nash Singh and Rajinder Kaur have varmala, Indian wedding garlands, around their necks, which signifies the marital union. The background has wedding guests, and the Abbotsford Gur Sikh Temple is the building.
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Photograph of the Gill family taken in a photography studio with a long, light-coloured curtain as the background. Left to right: Ganga Singh Gill, Indar's cousin, Malkit Kaur Gill, Kartar Kaur Gill, Indar Singh Gill, Nacchattar (Nash) Singh Gill, and Joginder Singh Gill Standing: Kartar Singh Sidhu, Indar Singh's brother-in-law, Mohinder Singh Gill, Indar Singh's brother, and Pal Singh Gill, Indar's cousin
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Nacchattar (Nash) Singh Gill is sitting on top of his father, Indar Singh Gill's company truck. His sister, Malkit Kaur, is standing in front of the truck. She is wearing a rumāl , a head covering, and a white dress. The background includes another truck and a building structure. The truck's BC license plate number is "C71-693," with a serial number of "56." The 56 number tag means the BC Ministry of Transportation Department issued license plates in 1956. The background has piles of lumber, another truck, and a building structure.
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Indar Singh Gill is inside his red 1954 Pontiac with his son, Nash Singh, standing outside. In 1954, Indar Singh ordered this car from General Motors, Oshawa, Ontario. His worker, Johnny Billin, picked up and drove the vehicle to British Columbia. It was rare to own a car in 1954. In the background there is a house.
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Photo of a birthday party. There are various unidentified children seated around a table laden with toys and a birthday cake. Some of the children are wearing birthday hats. Gurmail Singh Gill and Baljit Kaur Gill are seen amongst the children. Standing behind some of the children on the left is an unidentified woman and Kartar Kaur Gill.
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Photo of a birthday party. There are various unidentified children seated around a table laden with toys and a birthday cake. Some of the children are wearing birthday hats. Gurmail Singh Gill and Baljit Kaur Gill are seen amongst the children. Standing behind some of the children on the left are Gurmail Singh Gill's mother, an unidentified woman, and Kartar Kaur Gill.
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Photo of Gurmail Singh Gill, his father holding his brother, and a group of unidentified children around them. There are two boys and three girls. One boy can be seen with a magazine in his hand.
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Photo of Gurmail Singh Gill, his father holding his little brother, and a group of unidentified people standing in front of a house. A for sale sign can also be seen in the back.
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Photo of Gill family members on a picnic. Kartar Kaur Gill and Gurmail Singh Gill's mother are seen seated at a table with six children of varying ages. Malkit Kaur Gill is seen first from the right, Baljit Gill is fourth from the right, and Nash Singh Gill is seen standing next to her. There is food on the table and in the background there is a forest of tall trees.