A Summer's Place
 




Time stands still forever
Within this face I find
Mirrored sweet reflection
Of gentleness defined

Upon my wall of shadows
The face that life did know
The joy of her existence
So pleasant now to show

Close my eyes in silence
Hear the words she speaks
Listen with great reverence
These echoes now repeat

Frame that holds a treasure
With years that have all gone
Still with great devotion
I see them carry on

Part of life is captured
In gentle quiet stare
Voices heard in memories
Like a fervent prayer

Looking through this window
Within this frame I see
The face of new beginning
The very best of me.

~Francine Pucillo
Read more of her Poetry here.



Emigration of Samuel Doupe's family to Canada
A letter from Nicholas Shier to his son Samuel
Emigration of Rachel, Henry and Adam
Obituary of Shirley Elizabeth Bigalow
(Hastings/Doupe)
Doupe Family origins as writen by Joseph Doupe
Follow -up letter to above letter
Diamond Wedding Anniversary
- Amos and Eliza Doupe
Diamond Wedding Anniversary
- William and Amanda Miller


Emigration of Samuel Doupe's Family to Canada
From Roy Doupe's book, " A Doupe Family History



For this family the years 1827-49 were dicisive ones. During this twenty years the children married; one emigrated to Australia, five to Canada, and the parents, Samuel and Catherine both died. The five emigrating to Canada were a part of the greatest mass emigration in world history, the nineteenth century emigration from the British Isles to America.
The causes for this emigration are varied. The principal reason for the Irish leaving thier homeland was poverty. Most emigrants, including the Doupe's were small farmers who were affected adversely by a fall in the price of produce and poor growing conditions during this part of the century. Our family, who in 1709 numbered only three, had increased enormously in numbers by 1827. The fact that large families were typical meant it was that much harder for the small farmer to feed his family and see that his children had enough land to support themselves.
This fact,coupled with the promise of cheap fertile land in Canada, prompted many young people to leave. In some families older children felt obligated to emigrate so those left behind would have more of the necessities of life.



Several of the Irish-Palatines families left for Canada before ours. There is a letter written by Nicholas Shier, Courtmatrix, to his son Samuel who had emigrated to Sherington, county of Huntingdon, Lower Canada, Quebec, A county immediately south of Montreal and close to the Ontario border.

Court Matrix, Oct. 20, 1822 (in part)

Dear Samuel,
I rec'd yours of the 30th of July and yours of the first of Sept. and am very glad to hear that you and Ric'd and Catherine and children is in good health as I am and all the family, thank God.
What I say to you I say the same to Rich'd. You wrote for Adam, John and Henry by the first opportunity, but I am not sure you can know the state of the country in the short time as you are there. But on the receipt of this letter you will know more of it, as Adam would go to you next spring
or remain for one year more by your account. I would not hinder any of the boys or the family of going to you if it were in my judgment for the better.
There is Mich'l Teskey and Sam'l Doupe and more of the neighbours in waiting with eager expectation on answer to this letter.
The price of wheat here is from 8 cents to 10 cents per stone, barley 7.5 cents, the best oats 6 cents and all kinds of provisions very low, so that if Adam should go to you this year I could not without hurting myself sent you that help I could wish, as he should carry with him what would purchase land and support him there one year at least.

Your uneasiness about Anne is all over. She is in good health and is married to Jacob Teskey the 6th of July. Your uncle John is dead as you heard when you were here, the reason of his death one cannot tell.
James Shier is still in Cork but expected home soon. William Fazzelle got married to John Benners daughter but lived only six weeks after. He died by fever. Adam Shier of Ransker is dead also. He lived in Limerick and died by the fever.
Adam Shier of Robertstown is contracted to Francis Teskey. Rich'd girl is willing to go to Rich'd if she can get her passage for there is little hope of her getting her three guineas.
Last summer was very scarce in provisions in Ireland Limerick. The poor got very great relief from abroad in those counties. The disturbances of this country is not yet over after all that was hung and transported. The insurrection Act is still in force and the army is very exact in their duty.
Sam, as short the time that you left us there is some gone to their eternal home. How frail and uncertain is our lives whether we live here or in America we are on the way to death.
Let me know, is there any religion in America as I hope you have not forgot the loving kindness of the Lord? I desire you to write as soon as you recieve this letter as I cannot settle my mind until I receive your letter.

Your mother joins me in love to you and Rich'd, and Catherine, Jacob Teskey and Anne send their love to you.
Nich's and Anne Shier (Cronesbury)

The letter is of great interest in showing the temper of the times, and is of particular interest to our family because it mentions the fact that Samuel Doupe
was looking seriously into the possiblility of some of his family leaving for Canada. Five years after this letter was written, Samuel's sons, Jacob, age 23 and possibly his brother Joseph, 21, arrived in Canada. We can only imagine the emotion involved as Samuel and Catherine said goodbye, forever, to their sons.



Emigration of Rachel, Adam and Henry Doupe

One quarter of the population of Ireland was swept away by disease and hunger during the 1840's. Starved bodies were found dead by the roadside with blades of grass in their mouths. Tens of thousands of destitute Irish fled the Land of Famine for the land of Plenty during the so called, "Black Forties". It is against
this background that Rachel, Adam and Henry sailed from Limerick in May 1849 aboard either the "Jane Black" or the "Jessie". They may have come on two separate vessels. Rachel mentioned there was much cholera on the boat during the nine week crossing.

They all made their way to the Huron Tract where they cleared the land for their farms. They stayed with friends and neighbors while this was being done. However, this was not a problem for the Doupe's because the settlement around Kirkton to which they came had a high percentage of Irish-Palatine families, including the Switzers, Shiers and Sparlings among others.
Rachel had married Nathanial Shier of County Galway at Rathkeale in 1840.
He was apparently killed during a barn raising just two weeks after arriving at their destination. Rachel then married Charles Doupe, a son of her first cousin. They were listed as Episcopal in the 1851 census and Wesleyan Methodist in 1871. Rachel and Charles, moved further north to Egremount Township, Grey County and are listed there in the 1861 census.



OBITUARY OF SHIRLEY ELIZABETH BEGELOW (HASTINGS)

Shirley Elizabeth Bigelow died suddenly in the early hours of January 1, 1999 at the age of 63.
She was born June 9, 1935 in Harley Township.
Mrs.  Bigelow was a beloved mother, sister, grandmother, aunt and friend who will be sadly missed but always lovinglyremembered by those who knew her.
She is survived by her daughters Cindy Slaght (Arthur) of Sault Ste Marie;
Sandra Begelow (Ray) of Chelmsford
and Wanda Savoia (Daniel of Haileybury;
brothers Graham Hastings (Joanne) of Timmins;
and Milton Hastings, (Yolande) of North Colbalt,
grandchildren, Sheena, Matthew, Courtney, Shawn and Sabrina
and by many nieces, nephews and friends.
Mrs. Bigelow was predeceased by her mother >Irene Hastings (nee Doupe), her father George Hastings and by her brother Ray Hastings.
Donations to the Heart and Stroke Fountation
would be appreciated by the family.



The Doupe Family Origins as written by Joseph
from Ilwaco Fleisco, Washington

This letter was written to George Witt, from Post Falls, Idaho on October 15, 1969

Donated by Glenn Doupe

There are many references in this letter about the Doupe family being Huguenots, please note that our family were not Hugenots as Joseph Doupe believed them to be

Dear George,
I just recieved a letter from Dorothy Doupe of Orofino, Idaho, who is married to a son of my youngest brother Charles, stating that you had called on her stating that your wife, Arvilla Doupe now deceased was born in 1903, Ontario Canada,
(for genealogy of Arvilla please see Alton Doupe's family),
and you were anxious to know if our families were related. Yes, we are, I will try to give you the family connection.
Our forefathers were (Huguenots) who had settled along the River Rhine which divided Alnace and Lorraine. They were known as French Huguenots on one side and German Huguenots on the other. They had rebelled against the Roman Catholic church and were known as Protestants. They prospered and multiplied and they enjoyed 80 years of religious freedom. The territory on which they occupied was know as Palatennate of the Rhine and during my day in Ireland we used to be called Palatines.
Luis the XVI who was King of France from 1643 to 1715 set his eyes on and desired possession of the Palatine country and had any that would not become Roman Catholic dispossesed of thier land which at that time was their only means of support. The (Huguenots) raised grapes and were wine makers. Since they refused to rejoin the Catholic Church King Louis enforced his laws and their lands were taken from them. They were in a starving position when Queen Anne of England who was sympathetic towards them sent several of her transports ot the coast of France so they could leave the country.
This group thought they were going to Canada, but landed instead 20 miles south of London. Lord Southwell, a member of the British parleament was in need of tenants for his lands in the south of Ireland and he got 110 familes to settle on his estate in the county of Limerick, near the town of Rathkeale. Some Roman Catholic's came with them, these were returned to France. No Catholic's at the time were allowed to settle in the same community.
Each member of the family was allowed 8 acres of land. Thoes days everything was hand operated. The (Huguenots) introduced the first plow in Ireland which they used for planting and harvesting potatoes. There was a man by the name of Samuel Doupe and Adam Shier amongst the settlers. I myself was born in Ireland in June of 1881. I am getting ahead of myself.

The British government in order to get the (Huguenots) started and established, paid the rest of the Irish landlords for 50 years. This enabled them to build thier home, barns and fences. According to records the (huguenots) brought thier Bibles with them but no preachers or ministers. The early settlers when they died had thier Bibles buried with them.
It took a couple of generation for them to acquire the english language as they lived and mixed between only themselves. John Wesley came from England and preached to them in 1756 and for the most part they all became members of the Methodist Church.
My grandfather's name was Samuel Doupe. He lived to be 90 years of age. He was born about 1800 died in 1891. I was 10 years of age and accompanied by my brother who was 22 years, we went to the funeral. He was the first corpse I had ever seen and never forgot. My grandfather's youngest brother was a local school teacher in the town of Rathkeale. I don't know his first name. (We now know this was Henry Doupe) He and his wife went to Canada where his wife soon died. He remarried and raise 6 sons from whom all the Doupe's of Canada has sprung. (we know now that this is not correct, several Doupe families came to settle in Canada and their descendants are spread throughtout Canada and the United States) He was somewhere in Ontario. My brother John, who was 6 years older than me told me he remembers grandpa Doupe's brother when he made a return visit and saw his Irish relatives in Ireland.
My father's name was Johnathon Doupe and my mothers name was Letitia Shier. Her father's name was Jacob Shier. Three of his brothers settled in Ontario, Canada from whom all the Shiers have sprung. (this too, is not correct) This happened about the same time that Grandpa Doupe's brothers went to Ontario. I presume they were all acquainted. I have gotton all my information from a Shier family history which was written up by Walter C. Shier B.A. M.D. Corner Co. Ontario Surgeon, Oxbridge, Ontario about 1920. (to read a good portion of this history please go to Page 5) Dr. Shier died before he had in printed. It was passed on to Morley Shier of Vancouver, B.C. He had it printed in 1947 after which he soon died and his widow mailed me a copy. It has 69 pages.
ow to my own family, there were 6 boys and 4 girls. My father died when I was 9 years of age and mother passed on when I was 6. The youngest girl was few months after father's death. I came to United States along with two brothers, John and Charles. We had a brother Henry in Portland, Oregon at the time so we all came to Portland in May 1904.
n Ireland I got my training as a bookkeeper, worked for two large Department stores. I worked for the Union Pacific in Portland for a couple of years doing office work. Went to Ilwace in 1907 as a bookkeeper for a general merchandise store where I worked 6 years then went into business for myself. I married a local girl and raised two boys and two girls. My boys are now carrying on the business. I started a Men's and Ladies Furnishing and General Hardware store. My wife died last January 1968. She was 81 years of age. We enjoyed married life for 60 years.
We are located on the Washington side of the mouth of the Columbia River. Our principal industry is salmon fishing and a lot of tourists in the summer time.
I recently had a letter from a first cousin who was raised in Ireland, worked for a number of years with Eaton's Dry Goods store in Toronto and is now retired living at Meadowdale, Ontario. Five or six years ago he was called on by two Canadian born Doupes. One was a school teacher, a bachelor about 25 years of age who was interested in writing up a short history of the Doupe family and was planning a trip to Ireland and I directed him to where the early settlers lived. He found out that the early documents or whatever they had were kept in the bank valuts and the banks employees were out on strike for higher wages and the banks were all closed and they refused to open the doors so he was sadly disappointed. He promised me a copy of his history. I never heard from him since so I presume he gave it up.
From our family of 10, myself and my youngest sister who was adopted when 10 years of age by a cousin of ours, a Mrs. Buckstaff who had no children living at Ashkost, Wisconsin where she still resides. She stayed and took care of her adopted mother and never maried. She has made several visits to Ilwas and is planing to spend next summer here.
If you get to Portland you should come to Ilwaco and I would be glad to show you this part of the country. We are located in a peninsula with good highways.
Sincerly Yours
Joe Doupe
Ilwaco, Wahington, USA
96124



Here is a follow-up on the above letter

From Craig Doupe, who is a Gr. nephew of this Joesph

I stumbled on to your website and was interested in the letter you have posted which was writted by my Great uncle Joe. I was born near Ilwaco, Washington as part of the first American born generation of that branch of the Doupe's. My father, William, was born in County Tipperary in 1907 and emigrated to the US, through Canada, during Ireland's political upheaval of the 1920's. His brother Robert followed shortly thereafter, but Bob settled in the farm country of northern Idaho, attaching himself to the family of Charles Doupe, much as my father attached himself to uncle Joe's family in Ilwaco, where the climate is much more like that of Ireland.
My Grandfather was named Samuel and had moved from his native Limerick to Tipparary to work on the Kilboy estate near Nenagh. He later moved to Northern Ireland and died in about 1955. We also had a nest of Shier cousins, all of whom were also born in Ireland living on the Long Beach peninsula, just outside of Ilwaco.
Anyway, I wondered if you have ever seen the article published in
"Ireland of the Welcomes"
July-August 1965,
entitled "Palatine Country" by John O'Sullivan.
It is a good history of the Palatine settlement in County Limerick. My father saw that I and both of my brothers had a copy, I guess to prove our heritage.

Page 4 has this article mentioned above



DIAMOND WEDDING IN NEW LISKEARD

Mr., Mrs. Amos Doupe
Temiskaming Pioneers
NATIVES OF GREY

New Liskeard, Feb. 7 (Special).

Pioneers of Temiskaming before there were roads or a railway, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Doupe will celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary on Sunday at the farm home of their son Edwin in Harley Township.
Bride and bridegroom of sixty years ago are natives of Grey County and of North of Ireland descent.
Mrs. Doupe was formerly Eliza Best, daughter of George Best and her husband is a son of Charles Doupe.
They were married at the home of the bride's parents in Artemesia Township on Feb. 11, 1880, by Rev. Mr. Smythe of the Methodist circuit there.
The bridal circle is still unbroken, and the bridesmaid, Mrs. Alex Steuart, the former Margaret Best, sister of the bride, lives in owen Sound and the groomsman, Joseph Blakely, in Flesherton.
Mr. and Mrs. Doupe, after farming in Artemesia, moved to Owen Sound in 1895. Six years later the family came north to settle in Harley Township, seven miles from town.
They proceeded to their homestead in rowboats on the Wabi River and subsequently had to cut trails through the virgin bush which covered the countryside at that time.
Supplies had to be carried in from town.
Mr. Doupe. a former member of Harley Township Council, help to build the first Orange Hall in that district.
Mr. and Mrs. Doupe lived in Harley Township until 1920,when they returned to Owen Sound, remaining there until last October, when they came back to Temiskaming to reside with their son.
Mr. Doupe was 86 years old on Aug. 24 last and his wife will be 80 on Aug. 12 next.
Two other sons, George and Charles, live in New York State, and a daughter, Mrs. Bert Snodden, lives at Sunderland.
They have twenty grandchilden
and six great grandchildren.

Sadly, Eliza did not live long after this anniversary



DIAMOND WEDDING IN OAK RIVER, MAN

From the Oak River Post
03/22/1922

POPULAR COUPLE MARRIED 50 YEARS
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Miller Celebrate Golden Wedding On March 20th, 1872,
at St. Mary's, Ontario
William MILLER and Amanda DOUPE were united in marriage
by Rev. Charles STRINGFELLOW
In the Spring of 1879 Mr. and Mrs. MILLER arrived at Winnipeg, and from there journeyed to their present home, E 1/2 33 13 22 Oak River,
by ox cart, the trip taking three weeks.
Like many of those sturdy pioneers, they now have a well equipped farm, one of the largest and best in the district. Mr. MILLER is an admirer of high class stock, and takes great pride in his purebred Clydesdale horses.
Mr. and Mrs. MILLER have proven themselves avaluable asset to the district, not only from a material standpoint, butfrom a moral and religious one as well.
The happy event of fifty years ago was suitably celebrated on Monday evening, March 20th, at the home of June. HUME, Oak River, when thirty-nine of the immediate friends sat down to a delightful repast.
In addition to the bride and groom all their children and their eightgrandchildren were present, excepting Miss Beatrice HUME who is at Wesley College, Winnipeg.
The children are:
Frank MILLER and Miss Ada MILLER at home;
Mrs. June HUME, Oak River;
and Mrs. W. E. KING, Neepawa.
Mrs. Robt. HEDLEY, another daughter, died in 1903.
There were also present at the golden wedding Mr. MILLER's three sisters,
Mrs. E. MCDONALD,
Mrs. J. SPARLING
and Miss H. MILTIER,
who was bridesmaid for Mr. and Mrs. MILLER.
Ephriam SPARLING, the groomsman, is living at Lindsay, Ont.
Mrs. MILLER has one sister, Mrs.SPEARIN, living at St. Mary's, Ont.
The programme of the evening consisted of a toast to the bride and groom, a social time, a musical programme and a presentation by the family of an appropriately inscribed gold watch and chain to the groom,
and a gold ring and jet necklace to the bride.
The W.M.S. of the Unionchurch presented Mrs.MILLER
with a gold life membership pin.
Numerous other gifts were received by the bride and groom
in honor of the occasion.
Mr. and Mrs. MILLER are both in excellent health, and their many friends wish them many more years of health and happiness.


     





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