Miriam Copeland b ca 1880 m Ben Hopkins - Manitoba

[josey]

Dolly Copeland worked in a court dressmaker's shop. She had a sister Miriam who married a Canadian Ben Hopkins. They built a log house & had 2 children Hayward & Joan.

Joan married Alex Richards & had 3 daughters J, D & E.

J married T & they have 2 children S & M.

E married P H & they have D & R.

In clearing a deceased relative's house last week I came across some photographs of interest to this family. It looks like they lived in Minnedosa, Manitoba. Please get in touch if you are related.

The relative's mother worked with Dolly.

ADDED: I have emailed the Minnedosa town contact email. I note that the log barn built has been preserved in museum!!

[*Sandra*]

Canadian Headstone for the couple - Miriam (1883 - 1984) and Benjamin Hopkins passed 16 February 1964

All Saints Anglican Minto-Odanah Rural Manitoba

https://www.canadianheadstones.com/view?oid=mb.48595

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

Canada Voters List 1974 - shows Meriam (as it was spelt) Hopkins (widow) and her son Hayward Hopkins (farmer) Minnedosa.

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

Same cemetery as Miriam and Benjamin - Hayward Charles Hopkins 19 August 1919 passed away 5 May 2011 (also his wife Alvera nee Summers Hopkins) Married -  29 July 1976 at: Minnedosa Manitoba.

Alvera 15 July 1923 Bethany Manitoba - 13 July 2009 Minnedosa Manitoba.

All Saints Anglican Minto-Odanah Rural Manitoba.

https://www.canadianheadstones.com/view?id=1759597

Might be worth trying the e-mail address on these links............

http://www.kenora.net/frazer/fam00127.htm

http://www.kenora.net/frazer/fam00068.htm

http://www.kenora.net/frazer/fam00067.htm

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

Photograph of The Hopkins Log Barn

http://www.discoverminnedosa.com/visiting/things-to-do/museum-heritage-village/

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

Obituary for Joan Louisa Richards - 28 March 1922 - 15 November 2004
Published in the Winnipeg Free Press on Nov 19, 2004

Joan Louisa Richards  passed away, on Monday, November 15, 2004 at Minnedosa Hospital. She was born on March 28, 1922 in Minnedosa to Ben and Miriam Hopkins.........etc etc

https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-90241/RICHARDS_JOAN

http://www.genlookups.com/canada/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/731


E married P H & they have D & R. appears on social network site.

Anc family tree - maybe worth contacting.

Sandra

[josey]

Thank you very much Sandra. will try all contacts you have given; don't have any social network membership but will try for E, PH , DH & RH through ancestry tree.

[*Sandra*]

Good luck. You never know, thru powers of google, they might find your request here.

Sure you will come back if any up date to report.

Sandra

[josey]

Yes, once a name is on a public forum [and rootschat posts come very high in google searches] it can be found. Of course I will report back, it's always good to find a rightful home for ephemera. I once obtained the scan of an isolated torn out page of a family bible which was not only useful but is now a prized possession.