John James (Wilbert) Opperman [62738] 11576
- Born: 5 Oct 1865, England
- Marriage: Linda Emeline Paulianna Jane Hill [39576] in 1892 in Boissevain, Manitoba, Canada
- Died: 1950, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada at age 85
 General Notes:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1073590&id=I543435878
per 1901 census dob was 27 Sep 1865
per "Beckoning Hills Revisited"...He and his brother Adolphes came to Canada as very young boys and lived with their uncle, Jim goodenough, in Bobcaygeone,Ontario. Later Joh moved with his uncle's family to Boissevain.
He married Melinda Hill in Boissevain in 1892 and had one daughter, Pearl and three sons Lorne, Newton and Francis. Pearl married and moved to Winnepeg. Lorne was killed during the first world war. Francis was employed by the Town of Boissevain for many years. He and his wife Bessie still reside in Boissevain.
John was the caretaker of many of the churches in Boissevain as well as the bank and the dentist's office. In 1910 he and his son Lorne helped with the construction of the Boissevain town Hall.
From 1913 to 1918 he farmed on farms northeast of Killarney. Then he returned to Boissevain...and took up residence on Broadway Street.
His wife, Melinda, passed away in 1944...John...passed away in 1950.
per Lorance Smith Opperman's birth record, he is listed as John Wilbert Opperman..
James Crawford.
John married Linda Emeline Paulianna Jane Hill [39576] [MRIN: 551618248], daughter of Peter Hill [39593] and Esther Smith [39592], in 1892 in Boissevain, Manitoba, Canada. (Linda Emeline Paulianna Jane Hill [39576] was born on 18 Feb 1863 in Ontario, Canada and died in 1944.)
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