Joseph Coulter
The Reverend Joseph Coulter (1 August 1871 - 1960) was a methodist minister for the United Church in Canada during the 20th century.
Early life
He was born in Milverton, Ontario on 1 August 1871.
Marriage and family
He married Williamina Bessie McNaughton in 1911, a woman born 1889 and thus 18 years younger than him. At the time he was 40 and she was 22. They had seven children:
- Joseph Wesley (1912 - 1997)
- Kenneth (1913 - dead now) - no issue
- Hubert Vincent (1915 - 1943) KIA WW2
- Ruth Beatrice (1917 - 2016)
- Everett Malcolm (1920 - 1944) KIA WW2
- Elaine (? - still alive)
- Ian (? - still alive)
Elane has four children (Stephanie, Joel, Karen, Tim)
Ian Donald has how many (called Donald for a lot of his life)
(Stephen, Janice, David)
Ken had no children, married late in life (into 40s or 50s), had scarlett fever as a child, was deaf.
Wes had four children, who are all alive Jeff, Hugh, Robin (girl), Lawrence "Laddie"
This means Joseph had 14 grandchildren, all from 4 of his seven children.
Death
He died in 1960.
Sources
Ancestry.ca
Canada, WWII Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947 25114-25213 25115: Coulombe, Joseph Rosari - Coulter, Hubert Vincent