Joseph Edwin Howe (1878 - 1952)

Born 16 Oct 1878 in Hillsdale, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Annie Elizabeth Starr (Chipman) Howe — married 1 Nov 1907 in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 22 Sep 1952 at age 73 in Wolfville, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Joseph Edwin Howe, the son of William Franklin Howe and Maria Elizabeth Jenkins, was born on 16 Oct 1878 in Hillsdale, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada^[1]. Joseph married Annie Elizabeth Starr Chipman, daughter of John Ross Chipman and Sarah Eliza Starr, on 1 Nov 1907 in Cornwallis Township, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada^[2].

He attended school at Acadia University between 1902 and 1905 in Wolfville, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada^[3] where he was also a member of the rugby football team at Acadia University between 1903 and 1904^[4]. He attended Yale University^[5] in New Haven, Connecticut, USA to further his education.

He received his license as a teacher of the First Class in New Brunswick about 1897^[6] and was a teacher for most of his adult life. He was a teacher at Horton Academy between 1905 and 1907^[7] in Wolfville and later the headmaster between 1908 and 1912^[3]. Between 1921 and 1943 he was a teacher of history at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada^[3]. He was later a professor at Acadia University between 1947 and 1949 in Wolfville^[3].

Joseph died on 22 Sep 1952 in the East Kings Memorial Hospital in Wolfville, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada^[1][8]. He was buried on 24 Sep 1952 in the Chipmans Corner Cemetery at Chipmans Corner, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada^[9].

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Archives, Death Registrations ~ 1864-1877; 1908-1964, 5514, Joseph Edwin Howe; digital image, Nova Scotia Archives, "1952 Deaths," Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics (www.novascotiagenealogy.com: 26 Sep 2008)
2. ↑ Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Archives, Marriage Registrations ~ 1763-1939, 1827: 114, 104, Joseph E. Howe-Annie Starr Chipman; digital images, Nova Scotia Archives, "1907 Marriages in Kings County," Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics (www.novascotiagenealogy.com : accessed 30 Sep 2011).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Acadia University, Turn Out & Cheer! Sports in Wolfville, 1870-1950 (library.acadiau.ca/archives/sporthistory/ : accessed 30 Sep 2011), Joseph Edwin Howe.
4. ↑ Acadia University, Turn Out & Cheer! Sports in Wolfville, 1870-1950 (library.acadiau.ca/archives/sporthistory/ : accessed 30 Sep 2011), Boggs Boys Lead Team to Victory.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com, "Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1960," database on-line, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 Sep 2011), entry for Joseph E Howe, 13 Oct 1915; citing Port of Yarmouth, N. S., sheet 6 for October 1915; Original data: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, RG 85. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
6. ↑ Joseph Edwin Howe, School License, 1897, New Brunswick; privately held by Jill McKinlay.
7. ↑ "Deaths," Acadia Bulletin  (November 1952).
8. ↑ "Prof. Joseph E. Howe," (Kings County) Kings County Record, 16 Oct 1952, p. 5, col. 3.
9. ↑ Chipmans Corner Cemetery (Kings County, Nova Scotia; Highway 241 to crossroad, turn right on Church Street to Middle Dyke Road (a four-way intersection)), Joseph E. Howe marker, personally read and photographed.