Rudolphus F. Hepburn

     Rudolphus F. Hepburn was born on 30 January 1857 at Musquash, Saint John Co, New Brunswick.¹ He was the son of Charles Hepburn and Lydia Trafton. Rudolphus F. Hepburn married Mabel Hargrove, daughter of John William Hargrove and Sarah Jane Belding, on 30 November 1887.² Rudolphus F. Hepburn died on 30 March 1905 at Saint John, Saint John Co, New Brunswick, at age 48; He was agd 48, born Musquash.³ He was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John Co, New Brunswick; The funeral home in charge of arrangements was Chamberlain's.
     He appeared on the census of 1891; The 1891 Saint John census showed "Rodolphus" then aged 35 and a Baptist, living at Musquash with his wife "Mable" aged 25. He appeared on the census of 1901 at Musquash, Saint John Co, New Brunswick; Adolphus Hepburn, 44 (b. 30 Jan 1857), wife Mabel J., 34 (b. 8 Apr 1866), and cousin Roy M. Bolthouse?, 14 (11 Jun 1886).⁴ He lived in 1905 at 57 Lombard Street, Saint John, Saint John Co, New Brunswick. According to Eugene & Margaret Hargrove [1981], Rudolphus, or Adolphus as they called him, was burned to death when a lantern he was carrying suddenly exploded.