Latest revision as of 09:19, 30 October 2019

Joseph Doupe was born May 1, 1838 in Napanee, Lennox, Ontario to Jacob (1804-1879) and Anne "Nancy" Shier (1802-1891) Doupe. His parents were born in Ireland. He was raised in the Church of England, then later his parents became Wesleyan Methodist. He was the second eldest of five children. He graduated from McGill University in 1861 as a civil engineer.

In 1871, he traveled by stagecoach to St. Paul, then northwards by steamer from Georgetown to Upper Fort Garry. He joined the Manitoba and North-West Territories Survey, and became well known for his early government and railway surveys in Vancouver and the Northwest Territories. In 1879, he was a founding member of the Manitoba Scientific and Historical Society. In 1893, he went into private practice. His son Jacob was also a notable civil engineer, whose own son Dr. Joseph Doupe (1910-1966) was a surgeon known internationally for his research in nerve conduction and served as a professor of physiology at the University of Manitoba.

Marriage

He married Anne Eliza Cranston (1834-1928) and had three children: Jacob Lonsdale Doupe (1865-1952), Sarah Cranston Doupe (1869-1963), and Anna Josepha Doupe (1876-1967).

Brethren Influence

By 1891, Joseph and his family had joined with the Brethren, and was serving as a correspondent by the early 1890's with the Winnipeg Meeting Room, which he served until his death in 1910. It is presently unclear whether any of his children stayed with the Brethren into adulthood, although all three remained living at home thru at least 1891, and his two daughters remained thru at least 1901.

Sources

• Manitoba history
• Ancestry.com