Lewis Robert Lepper (1858 - 1942)

Born 17 Apr 1858 in Chatham, Kent, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Eleanor Alberta (Shuttleworth) Lepper — married 10 Mar 1884 in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 28 Nov 1942 at age 84 in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

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Biography

Lewis Lepper was born in Kent, England.

Lewis Robert Lepper was born 17 April 1858 at Chatham, Kent, England.^[1] He was a son of Andrew Lepper and Sarah Ann Sophia Dray.

When Lewis was only a few months old, his family moved to Montreal, Canada East, where his father, a member of the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment of the British Army, was stationed.^[2]

Lewis married Elizabeth Eleanor Alberta Shuttleworth on 10 March 1884 at Parry Sound, Ontario.^[3] They had seven children: Ambrose, Sadie, John, Lettie, Alberta, Lewis, and Olive.

In the spring of 1904, Lewis, his son John, and his brothers-in-law, Ambrose Shuttleworth and Syd Shuttleworth, took two train carloads of settler's effects to Saskatoon, Northwest Territories. After several wagon trips between their homestead near Ardath and Saskatoon, everything was moved and building could begin. A house and barn were built of lumber and sod. The rest of the family moved to the homestead in July of 1904.

Lewis, Elizabeth, and some of their children, moved to Nelson, British Columbia.

Lewis died at Nelson on 28 November 1942^[4] and was buried in Nelson Memorial Park.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26YG-PZF : accessed 14 February 2016), Louis Robert Lepper, 1858; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Medway, Kent, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "Québec, recensement, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM7Z-R3X : accessed 27 February 2016), Louis Lepper, Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada; citing line number 12, p. 610; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1233, Archives Publiques, Ottawa (Board of Registration and Statistics. Public Archives, Ottawa); FHL microfilm 517,315.
3. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMJD-6RP : accessed 14 February 2016), Lewis Robert Lepper and Elizabeth E A Shuttleworth, 10 Mar 1884; citing registration , Parry Sound, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,869,800.
4. ↑ "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGY-FH4 : accessed 14 February 2016), Lewis Robert Lepper, 1942.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53283259/lewis-robert-lepper: accessed 07 October 2022), memorial page for Lewis Robert Lepper (1858–1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53283259, citing Nelson Memorial Park, Nelson, Central Kootenay Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; Maintained by Harley Cassan (contributor 47298340).

• "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M472-S73 : accessed 27 February 2016), Lewis Lepper in household of Sarah Lepper, Westminster, East Middlesex, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 36, line 3; Library and Archives Canada film number C-9904, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,742.
• "Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVDN-5LQ : accessed 27 February 2016), Louis Lepper, Westminster, Middlesex East, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 97; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13268, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,904.
• "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWL2-JG2 : accessed 27 February 2016), Lewis R Lepper, Humphrey and Watt and Cardwell, Muskoka and Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148157.
• "Canada Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHLK-3JT : accessed 27 February 2016), Louis R Lepper, U, Muskoka & Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 8, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
• "Canada Census, 1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVM-CNP : accessed 27 February 2016), Louis B Lepper, 19, Assiniboia West, Saskatchewan, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario.
• "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27XP-1XM : accessed 14 February 2016), Lewis Robt Lepper, 1911; citing Census, Moose Jaw Sub-Districts 16-99, Saskatchewan, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,576.

See Also

• Ardath, Bounty and Conquest Histories 1998, published 1999 by ABC History Committee, Conquest, Saskatchewan. Lewis is mentioned in Lepper Family pp.413-4.
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3QPR-L8X : accessed 2016-10-15), entry for Lewis Robert /Lepper/.