Emerson Turpel, 1878-1949

• Born in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• In the 1891 census, 13 years, living in Yates Street Ward, Victoria, father’s occupation was ship builder. 
• In the 1921 census, 43 years, married, two children at home, living 2551 Quadra Street, Victoria, B.C., occupation was shipwright.
• Father of Victoria UELAC Early Member Lorna (nee Turple) Taylor. 
• When passed, lived 650 Linden Ave. 
• Loyalist Ancestor: Christian Hennigar, 1755-1841, Kennetcook, Hants, N.S.