Records show that the elder Joseph entered Canada in 1846 as a child with the rest of his family (he was 9 at the time): James Campbell, 55, Rachel, 44, John, 11 and an infant daughter. Fifteen years later, in 1861, when he was 24, Joseph received a land grant of his own for 98 acres in Studholm, NB. He married Mary Baxter and started to raise a family there.
The 1891 census shows a J F Campbell, 18, living in Studholm with the rest of his family: Joseph, 51, Mary, 51, Arthur J, 26, Belen, 22, Nettie A, 15, Ida M, 13 and Fainimore M, 10. The 1901 census shows Joseph F, 28 and his family: Joseph, 61 Farmer, Mary, 61, Nettie, 25, Ida, 23 and Fessie M, 21.
In the early 1900s, Joseph left New Brunswick and came to Cranbrook, British Columbia where he married Ethel Maud Eakins on October 21, 1908.
The 1911 census shows Joseph, 38, living in Cranbrook District with his spouse Maud, 26, and children Kenneth, 1 and Frank 4/12. The rest of his family is shown still living in New Brunswick: Joseph, 72, Mary, 71, Hettie, 34 and Ida M, 32. Eventually, Joseph moved to Barkerville, BC. He died at the age of 63 in January 1936.
