Re: William Reuben Kirkman, b. 1800 Kent? d. 1880 Wool
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William Reuben Kirkman, b. 1800 Kent? d. 1880 Wool
10/18/01
William Reuben Kirkman
b. 31 May 1800 Plumstead, Woolwich, Kent, England
m. Susannah "Dolly" Wood 6 Jun 1824 Woolwich, Kent, England
d. 20 Oct 1880 Plumstead, Woolwich, Kent, England
He served with the 5th Batallion Royal Artillary in Woolwich & lived on base.
Robert Francis Kirkman
b. 6 Mar 1827
m. Mary Ann Lewis 14 May 1851 Woolwich, Kent, England
d. 16 Mar 1909 Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada
Robert & Mary Ann (b. 5 Dec 1823 Cambridge, England & d. 16 Jun 1898 in Parry Sound, Ontario) immigrated to Canada 1871.
They had 7 children, including my great great grandmother Hannah Mary Ann Kirkman b. 11 Feb 1862.Hannah & her sister Ellen came over in 1875 as home children from England & joined her family.She married David Copeland 27 Dec 1887 in Parry Sound, Ontario. Hannah passed away in 1947 in St. Boswells, Saskatchewan, Canada.David passed away in 1944.
David & Hannah had 6 children includingmy great grandfather William Henry Mitchell Copeland b. 7 Dec 1883 in Parry Sound, Ontario.
William married Edna Gladys Grady (b. 22 Nov 1894 in Minnesota, USA) 18 Jun 1913 in St. Boswells, Saskatchewan.They had 3 children including my grandmother Muriel Gladys Copeland b. 2 Dec 1916 in St. Bosewells, Saskatchewan.William & Edna both passed away of the flu.William d. 19 Nov 1918 & Edna d. 12 Dec 1918.The children were separated & went to live with family.My grandmother is the only living child.
My grandmother married John Melvin Burke (b.15 Aug 1918 & d. 17 Nov 2009 in Regina, Saskatchewan) 27 Aug in St. Boswells, Saskatchewan.My grandmother is still living & will be 94 this Dec.
They had 2 children including my father Melvin Wayne Burke (b. 1 Jan 1943 in Kingston, Ontario).My Dad m. Wendy Joanne Lindenbach in Regina, Saskatchewan & had 2 daughters.I'm married to Travis Scott Lozinski & we have 2 sons.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions as I've done (& still doing) alot of research.I have found census, birth/marriage/death records for many relatives as far back as William Reuben.
Hope this helps :)
Darcie