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John Frederick Poapst
(1795-1867)
Margaret Wood
(Abt 1799-1858)
Peter Henry Wereley
(1805-1887)
Ester Froom
(1812-1892)
Alexander Poapst
(1829-1910)
Emmeline Wereley
(1834-1915)
Osborne Poapst
(1856-1946)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Agnes Murphy

Osborne Poapst 1 2 3

  • Born: 14 Nov 1856, Cornwall, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
  • Marriage (1): Agnes Murphy on 26 Dec 1882 in Newington (South Stormont), Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
  • Died: 7 Feb 1946, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada at age 89 4
  • Buried: Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 5

   Other names for Osborne were Osborn Poapst and Osburn Popst.

  Research Notes:

His name is spelled inconsistently, from person to person (handwritten). A Poapst family Bible has Osburn Popst. His name reads "Osborne Poapst" on his gravestone.

  Death Notes:

Scanned obituary from FindaGrave.com:

Winnipeg Free Press
February 8, 1946
POAPST, Osborne - On February 7, 1946, at his late residence, 605 Toronto St., Osborne, beloved husband of Agnes Poapst, in his 90th year. Funeral service Saturday, February 9 at 1 p.m. in Mordue Bros.' Funeral Home, Broadway and Edmonton. Interment in the family plot, Brookside cemetery.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Ontario, 1861, Cornwall Twp (South Stormont), Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Canada West (Ontario), Canada. 6 Osburn Poapst, M, 5y, single, b. Upper Canada c. 1856, religion W M

• Census: Canada, 1891, Osnabruck Twp (South Stormont), Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. Osborne Poapst, M, 34y, b. Ontario c. 1857, married, religion C. Presp


Osborne married Agnes Murphy on 26 Dec 1882 in Newington (South Stormont), Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. (Agnes Murphy was born on 12 Apr 1863, died on 19 Mar 1947 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 7 and was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 8.)


Sources


1 <i>http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi</i>. Rec. Date: 25 Aug 2001, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3047155&id=I582504798 (Rosemary Benson). Cit. Date: 8 Jan 2005.

2 Benson, Rosemary, <i>Our Combined Families</i> (Online family tree hosted by Ancestry.com.), http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2591631&id=I530990033. Cit. Date: 10 Jul 2003.

3 <i>Johan Adam Papst U.E., Descendants and Ancestors</i>, http://www.myfamily.com/isapi.dll?c=Content&htx=List&siteid=54C*CM&contentclass=PICT&categoryid=250. Cit. Date: 10 Sep 2011. Poapst Family Bible.

4 <i>www.findagrave.com</i>, Find A Grave Memorial# 111626016. Cit. Date: 30 Sep 2016.

5 <i>www.findagrave.com</i>, Find A Grave Memorial# 111626016.

6 <i>FamilySearch Historical Files</i> (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MQQT-W5X. Cit. Date: 27 Nov 2011.

7 <i>www.findagrave.com</i>, Find A Grave Memorial# 111626014. Cit. Date: 30 Sep 2016.

8 <i>www.findagrave.com</i>, Find A Grave Memorial# 111626014.


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