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Margaret Hunter TAPLEY

Female 1909 - 2005  (95 years)


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  • Name Margaret Hunter TAPLEY 
    Birth 30 Oct 1909  Saint John, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 4 Jan 2005  Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I9511  bmds
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2016 

    Family Curtis Holmes CHIPMAN,   b. 24 Jun 1910, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 2009, Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years) 
    Marriage 24 Aug 1934  Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage Margaret : 24 years old | Curtis : 24 years old. 
    Children 2 sons and 2 daughters 
     1Male. Fred CHIPMAN
     2Female. Carol CHIPMAN
     3Female. Beth CHIPMAN
     4Male. Lowell CHIPMAN,   b. 21 Jun 1936   d. 9 Jul 1953, Bedford, Halifax, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years)
     
    Family ID F3853  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 30 Oct 1909 - Saint John, New Brunswick
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 24 Aug 1934 - Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 Jan 2005 - Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia
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  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Obituary.
      CHIPMAN (Tapley), Margaret Hunter – Wolfville, Kings, passed away January 2, 2005, in Valley Regional Hospital, Kentville. Born in Saint John, N.B., on October 30, 1909, she was the only daughter of the late Archibald and Grace (Estabrooks) Tapley.
       She grew up in Saint John and graduated from Saint John High School in 1927 and then from Saint John Vocational College where she took a course in Art and Design. She married Curtis Holmes Chipman on August 24, 1934, and they resided in Bedford from 1940 to 1961. She was active in the Bedford Baptist Church as a Sunday school teacher and a member of the Women’s Missionary Society. She was also a member of the Home and School Association, the Tennis Club and the Eleven Club. She enjoyed part-time employment in the family business, Kings Bedford. In 1961, the family moved to Wolfville where she taught Sunday school in the Wolfville Baptist Church and was active in the EKM Hospital Auxiliary. A loving homemaker, she enjoyed gardening and the natural world, and along with her husband she was granted a life membership in the Blomidon Naturalist Society and in the Nova Scotia Bird Society.
       A loving wife and mother, she is survived by her husband of 70 years and by their children, Fred (Nancy), Wolfville; Carol (Ron) Buckley, Port Williams; Beth, Connecticut; eight grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by son, Lowell in 1953; siblings, Lowell, Charles, and John.
       Cremation has taken place. There will be no visitation by family request. A memorial service will be held at a later date in Wolfville Baptist Church, Rev. Barry Morrison officiating. Interment will be held at a later date in Brookside Cemetery, Bedford. Donations in memory may be made to the Valley Regional Hospital or Christian Children’s Fund, 1027 McNicoll Ave., Toronto, ON M1W 3X2. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to White Family Funeral Home, Kentville.
      — The Halifax Herald, January 4, 2005.