Our Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameJohn R. Colpitts
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Birth1806, Coverdale, Albert County, New Brunswick84,51
Death5 May 1886, Mapleton, Elgin, Albert County, New Burnswick, Canada51
Spouses
Death7 May 1866, Elgin, Albert County, New Brunswick51
Birthca 1825, Scotland51,9
Death4 May 1886, Mapleton, Elgin, Albert County, New Burnswick, Canada51
Notes for John R. Colpitts
In the 1851 census, the family is listed at Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick. Living in the same house is a Mary Jonah, age 22 and her 1 y.o. son Gaius.
84Listed with his 2nd wife and his son Lemuel at Elgin, Albert County, New Brunswick in 1881.
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Obituaries notes for John R. Colpitts
From The Daily Telegraph, publ. in Saint John, NB on May 17, 1886:
“We have received notice of the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. John COLPITTS of Mapleton, Elgin (Albert Co.) Mr. Colpitts was born in Coverdale in 1806. More than 50 years ago, he and his first wife joined the Baptist Church under the preaching of Rev. Joseph Crandall. He removed to Elgin 23 years ago. A singular co-incidence was that on the same day of the month, just 29 years before his death, his first wife had died. [Ed.: She actually died 19 years previously on May 7] He was not long separated from his second wife as within 24 hours of her death he was a corpse. He had fifteen children, nine of whom are still living. He was a brother of the late Mrs. Isaac TURNER of Harvey.”
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