William Henry Coopsie at his home at Beaver Point Road. He was born December 15, 1904 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. He emigrated to Canada. when he was a young child. He was sent to a Catholic Orphanage in Vancouver, B.C. after family problems. Mr. James Akerman of Beaver Point brought him over to Salt Spring Island when he was 15 years old as a foster child. He married Inez Lina Maxwell of Fulford Harbour. He was logging on Salt Spring Island, and later a fisherman. He died July 8, 1973.
His father was Johann Jekubczyk, a miner, his mother was Auguste (Badziong) Jekubczyk.