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Arthur Bruce COPELAND

Male 1878 - 1923  (45 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Arthur Bruce COPELAND was born in 1878 (son of John D. COPELAND and Emma Matilda GRAHAM); died in 1923.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John D. COPELAND was born in 1851 in Merigomish, Pictou, Nova Scotia; died in 1915.

    John married Emma Matilda GRAHAM on 17 Nov 1874 in Antigonish, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Emma (daughter of David GRAHAM and Mary Elizabeth BIGELOW) was born on 26 Oct 1845 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia; died in 1910 in Antigonish, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Emma Matilda GRAHAM was born on 26 Oct 1845 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia (daughter of David GRAHAM and Mary Elizabeth BIGELOW); died in 1910 in Antigonish, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
    Children:
    1. W. Stanley COPELAND was born in 1875; died in 1943.
    2. 1. Arthur Bruce COPELAND was born in 1878; died in 1923.
    3. Bessie Graham COPELAND was born in 1881; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  David GRAHAM was born on 22 Apr 1793 in Cape George, Antigonish, Nova Scotia; died on 11 Oct 1869 in Antigonish Harbour, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

    David married Mary Elizabeth BIGELOW on 6 Feb 1827. Mary (daughter of Reuben BIGELOW and Lavinia SKINNER) was born on 5 May 1809 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 1 Dec 1890 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Mary Elizabeth BIGELOW was born on 5 May 1809 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia (daughter of Reuben BIGELOW and Lavinia SKINNER); died on 1 Dec 1890 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

    Notes:

    See :
    D. G. Widden, "History of the Town of Antigonish", The Casket, Aug 10, 1934

    Douglas Graham writes:
    AGE: @ death 81 yrs.
    AFN: STPK-BR
    SERVANT: Mary Dunn 20 yrs, R Cath, English.; Donald McAngus 22 yrs, farm labourer in 1871 census.
    SIBLING: probably Rosina Bigelow who married James Lyons in Cornwallis 10 Apr. 1806. [A.W.H. Eaton, The History of King’s county Nova Scotia, Heart of the Acadian Land giving a Sketc h of the French and Their Expulsion, and a History of the New England Planters Who Came in T heir Stead With many Genealogies 1604-1910, Mika, Belleville, 1972. (Salem Press, Salem, 1 910) pp. 738-9]

    Children:
    1. Isabel Lavinia GRAHAM was born on 24 Feb 1828 in Cape George, Antigonish, Nova Scotia; died on 28 Sep 1919 in Edgewood, Providence, Rhode Island.
    2. Capt. William Fraser GRAHAM was born on 10 Nov 1829 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia; died on 18 Feb 1895 in Bayfield, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
    3. Eunice Caroline GRAHAM was born on 8 Oct 1831 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia; died on 27 Sep 1889 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
    4. John Reuben GRAHAM was born on 28 Nov 1833 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia; died on 25 May 1901 in Antigonish, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
    5. Charles James GRAHAM was born on 27 Apr 1836 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia; died on 24 Aug 1873 in Cape George, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
    6. Sarah Skinner GRAHAM was born on 1 Aug 1838 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia; died on 5 Feb 1923 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia.
    7. David GRAHAM was born on 9 Sep 1840 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia; and died.
    8. Matthew Stewart GRAHAM was born on 10 Mar 1843 in Antigonish Harbour, Antigonish, Nova Scotia; died on 24 Aug 1873 in Cape George, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
    9. 3. Emma Matilda GRAHAM was born on 26 Oct 1845 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia; died in 1910 in Antigonish, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
    10. Wallace Nesbit GRAHAM was born on 15 Jan 1848 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia; died on 12 Oct 1917 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
    11. James Bruce GRAHAM was born on 11 Dec 1850 in Antigonish Harbour, Antigonish, Nova Scotia; died on 16 Jan 1877 in Isaacs Harbour, Guys, Nova Scotia.
    12. Mary Elizabeth GRAHAM was born on 3 Nov 1852 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia; died in 1877.


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  Reuben BIGELOW was born on 4 Aug 1779 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia (son of Amasa BIGELOW and Roxanna CONE); died in May 1830.

    Notes:

    Reuben and Lavinia lived a few years in Cornwallis, then moved to Antigonish.

    Reuben married Lavinia SKINNER on 9 Nov 1802. Lavinia (daughter of Charles SKINNER and Sarah OSBORN) was born on 27 Jan 1784 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 9 May 1874 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 15.  Lavinia SKINNER was born on 27 Jan 1784 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia (daughter of Charles SKINNER and Sarah OSBORN); died on 9 May 1874 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
    Children:
    1. Ann Chipman BIGELOW was born on 30 Sep 1803 in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia; died in 1888 in Port Hood, Inverness, Nova Scotia.
    2. Gideon Osborn BIGELOW was born on 11 Jul 1805; and died.
    3. Charles Skinner BIGELOW was born on 6 Feb 1807; died on 17 Sep 1890 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
    4. 7. Mary Elizabeth BIGELOW was born on 5 May 1809 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 1 Dec 1890 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
    5. Eunice Caroline BIGELOW was born on 20 Jan 1811; died on 5 Jun 1820.
    6. Samuel William BIGELOW was born on 28 Aug 1813; died on 26 Jun 1884 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut.
    7. Daniel Benjamin BIGELOW was born on 29 Aug 1815; and died.
    8. John George BIGELOW was born on 8 Feb 1817; died on 8 Nov 1859 in Bridgewater, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
    9. Edward Manning BIGELOW was born on 14 Nov 1819 in Nova Scotia; died on 17 Sep 1855 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
    10. Ruth Lavinia BIGELOW was born on 1 Apr 1821; and died.
    11. Manson Amasa BIGELOW was born on 2 Jun 1825; died on 2 Jul 1876.
    12. Rebekah Caroline BIGELOW was born on 8 May 1830; and died.