Ida Draper

On our way up to Bon Echo, we stopped at the tourism office in Gravenhurst, and then over to the neighbouring Bethel cemetery to do a geocache. This stone caught my eye.  Ida May Keeler was born in Vaughan, Ontario about 1875 and married Richard P Draper on Oct 1 1895 in Orillia, Ontario.  She was living in Rama at the time and Richard was living in Morrison. (1)  Her parents were Alfred and Harriet and in 1891 she lived with her parents and siblings Frederick, Lottie, William, Margaret, Edward and Eva on a farm in Rama. (2)
Ida May Draper died March 19, 1905 of an epileptic fit an at the time of her death she lived on Grand Rd in Morrison Township. (3)
In 1901, Ida and Richard are living with Richard's mother Sophia. Richard is a saw mill labourer and they have three children: Charlie (3), Percy (8mths), and Gordon (2 mths).  (4) The ages in the census for the kids don't quite make sense so I turned to their birth registrations.


Charles Noble Edgar Draper was born Oct 6, 1897. (5)
William Perry Asahel Draper was born June 11 1899. (6)
Gordon Alfred Draper was born Jan 25, 1901. (7)
Poor Gordon died a few months later on June 28 of convulsions (8)
 I didn't look further into Charlie and Perry but I can see that they both served in WWI and  went on to marry.

Richard didn't stay a widower for long.  He married Catherine Brady (nee Cody) a 30 year old widow who was born in Philedelphia on Jan 31, 1906. (9) They had their first child Donald on May 22, 1907.  In this record, Catherine is named Jessie.  They were living in Severn Bridge, Morrison Township. (10)

Richard and Jessie went on to have sons William, Harold, and David.  All 7 boys lived with their Richard and Jessie (Josephine) in Robillard, Temiskaming, Ontario in 1921. (11)


1. https://www.ancestry.ca/sharing/11794791?h=382b1b&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url
2. https://www.ancestry.ca/sharing/11794740?h=87edd8&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url
3. https://www.ancestry.ca/sharing/11794786?h=21a073&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url
4. https://www.ancestry.ca/sharing/11794892?h=e1c610&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url
5. https://www.ancestry.ca/sharing/11794890?h=d019ed&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url
6. https://www.ancestry.ca/sharing/11794887?h=4de638&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url
7. https://www.ancestry.ca/sharing/11794879?h=bad028&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url
8. https://www.ancestry.ca/sharing/11794876?h=24a87a&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url
9. https://www.ancestry.ca/sharing/11794927?h=c51c4f&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url
10. https://www.ancestry.ca/sharing/11794934?h=151db3&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url
11. https://www.ancestry.ca/sharing/11794949?h=acb23f&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url