Our Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameRalph Colpitts Jr.
87, 1C5R, M
Birthca 1818, New Brunswick87,9
Death5 Jul 1889, New Brunswick87,51,94
BurialForest Glen Cemetery, Salisbury Parish, NB94
Spouses
Birthca 1825, New Brunswick87,9
BurialForest Glen Cemetery, Salisbury Parish, NB94
Notes for Ralph Colpitts Jr.
He’s listed in the 1851 census living with his wife and children and with his father’s family in a house in Salisbury, Westmorland County.
84Listed again with his much larger family in Salisbury, Westmorland in 1881.
9Theodore and Dinah appear with the family in the 1881 census so it is assumed they are children of this household but they don’t appear in Brian Orr’s listing of Ralph and Mary’s children.
9,93Date : July 4, 1889
County : Westmorland
Place : Sackville
Newspaper : Chignecto Post
“Ralph COLPITTS, a farmer, about 60 [sic] years of age, living at Pollet River, was struck by a train while driving over the crossing at Petitcodiac (West. Co.) Thursday afternoon. He was badly injured about the back and head and fatal results were feared. - 'Times'”
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Obituaries notes for Ralph Colpitts Jr.
Date : July 11, 1889
County : Albert
Place : Albert
Newspaper : The Maple Leaf
“Ralph COLPITTS, Pollet River (West. Co.) who was struck by a train while driving across the track at Petitcodiac July 2, died three days after from injuries received. Mr. Colpitts was 71 years of age.”
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