Ernest was born October 21, 1891 in Queens County, New Brunswick. He was a son of Samuel Edmund Colwell III and Susannah Elizabeth (Stiles) Colwell.[1]
He married (1) Sadie Coburn, a daughter of Frank C. Coburn and Julia (Bailey) Coburn of Ripples, on November 17, 1923 in nearby Fredericton.[2]
He married (2) Lillian Blanche Kabbel, a widow from Minto, on November 27, 1948 in Canning, New Brunswick. She was a daughter of Rufus B. Phillips and Etta A. Stewart.[4]
Ernest passed away in 1972 and was interred at the Ripples Community Cemetery in Ripples where his first and second wives are also buried.[5]
Known Children
Marion Julia (Colwell) Gibson 1924-? m. Skiffinton Alexander Gibson 1947
Clark M. Colwell m. Dorothy F. Bonham 1948
Census Records
"Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHKD-3B7 : 23 February 2021), Ernest Colwell in household of Samuel Colwell, Sunbury & Queens, New Brunswick, Canada; citing p. 11, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
"Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-BFGV : 16 March 2018), Ernest Colwell in entry for Samuel Colwell, 1911; citing Census, Sunbury and Queens Sub-Districts 1-24, New Brunswick, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,678.
Sources
↑ "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHKD-3B7 : 23 February 2021), Ernest Colwell in household of Samuel Colwell, Sunbury & Queens, New Brunswick, Canada; citing p. 11, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
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edited by Charrie Gibson