Our Genealogy - Person Sheet
Our Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameJohn Wetmore Colpitts 
87, 2C3R, M
87, 2C3R, MBirth8 Mar 1876, Hillsborough, New Brunswick, Canada191
BurialElmwood Cemetery, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada191
FatherWilliam L. Colpitts , M (ca1831-<1896)
MotherMary Jane Crossman , F (ca1843-1899)
Spouses
1Ella M. Leaman 191, F
191, FBirth4 Sep 1878, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada191
Death5 Jun 1907, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada191
Memodied of pneumonia
BurialCedar Hill Cemetery, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada191
ChildrenFenwick Wetmore , M (1897-1966)
Alotus Fletcher , M (1898-1957)
Marriage6 Jun 1906, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.191
ChildrenFrederick John Emerson , M (1903-1987)
Robert Lester (Died as Child), M (1908-1915)
William Lyon Mackenzie King , M (1922-1994)
Notes for John Wetmore Colpitts
“John Wetmore Colpitts, went into a house of Mrs. Greta Phillips in Moncton, NB., as I'm told, to hire a man to do painting for him. He smelt gas, opening a door and struck a match. Which blew the house apart, killing her. The inquest into her death (The Evening Times & Star, Saint John, Friday, July 17, 1925) shows the gas company was working in the area and checked her house and finding all the pipes leaking, shut off the gas.
John Wetmore Colpitts lived until Tuesday, July 21, 1925, Source: Moncton Transcript July 22, & July 23, 1925.”191
“John Wetmore Colpitts, left Ella (Leaman) Colpitts and moved to Boston, MA., in 1902. It was there on Jan. 16, 1903 at Cambridge, MA., a son, Frederick John Colpitts was b. to John COLPITTS & BELLA COLPITTS McPHEE. Source: MA. Birth Certificate (C77350).
At that time he was living at 17 Suffolk St. Cambridge, MA. (Street directory 1903, page 229) John W. listed as artist (believe should be painter). In 1905, Colpitts Bela L, piano & real estate, 18 Battle, h. 7 Story St. Colpitts J, Wetmore, painter, h. 508 Green St. Cambridge, MA. In 1906, neither John or Bella were living in MA. (Bella was Bessie, used her mothers maiden name when she gave birth.)”191
John Wetmore Colpitts lived until Tuesday, July 21, 1925, Source: Moncton Transcript July 22, & July 23, 1925.”191
“John Wetmore Colpitts, left Ella (Leaman) Colpitts and moved to Boston, MA., in 1902. It was there on Jan. 16, 1903 at Cambridge, MA., a son, Frederick John Colpitts was b. to John COLPITTS & BELLA COLPITTS McPHEE. Source: MA. Birth Certificate (C77350).
At that time he was living at 17 Suffolk St. Cambridge, MA. (Street directory 1903, page 229) John W. listed as artist (believe should be painter). In 1905, Colpitts Bela L, piano & real estate, 18 Battle, h. 7 Story St. Colpitts J, Wetmore, painter, h. 508 Green St. Cambridge, MA. In 1906, neither John or Bella were living in MA. (Bella was Bessie, used her mothers maiden name when she gave birth.)”191