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Roy Gordon Palen

Male 1895 - 1972  (76 years)


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  • Name Roy Gordon Palen 
    Birth 5 Mar 1895  Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 1972  [2
    Burial Tillsonburg Cemetery, Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I307  Weeks
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2017 

    Father Orrin Edward Palen,   b. 23 Nov 1857, Smith Creek, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1940 (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Rhoda Sophia Weeks,   b. 21 Jul 1860, Middleton Twp, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Apr 1925, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 23 Mar 1886  Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Marriage:
      Groom: Orin Palen
      Age: 29
      Residence: Tillsonburg, Ont
      Birthplace: Smith Creek, New York, USA
      Bachelor
      Occupation: Farmer
      Parents; George and Priscilla Palen
      Bride: Rhoda Weeks
      Age: 25
      Residence; Tillsonburg, Ontario
      Spinster
      Parents; Amos and Elizabeth Weeks
      Witnesses; Charity Weeks, Edward Rouse of Tillsonburg, Ont
      Date: March 23, 1886
      Religion: Baptist for both Bride and Groom
      Minister; H.J.Wall by license
      Source; LDS Film # 1869962; #8903


      Palen-Weeks
      At the residence of the bride's father, in Tillsonburg, on Tuesday, March
      23, by Rev. H. Ware, Orrin Palen to Rhoda, daughter of Amos Weeks.
      Source: Tillsonburg Observer newspaper; pg 4 col 2; April 4, 1886
    Family ID F107  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Myrtle Ila Becker,   b. 5 Apr 1899, Houghton Twp, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1981 (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 11 Apr 1917  Walsingham, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Marriage Certificate - Ontario Marriage Index 1857-1922, Reg # 014048
      Bridegroom: Gordon Roy Palen, Bachelor, Farmer
      Parents: Orrin Palen & Rhoda Weeks
      Bride: Myrtle Ila Becker, Spinster
      Parents: Franklin Becker & Carrie Curtis
      Witnesses: Edwin Becker, Woodstock & Beatrice Moore, Walsingham
      Place of Marriage: Walsingham, Norfolk Cty, Ontario
      Date: 11 April 1917
    Children 
    +1. Vera Helen Palen,   b. 10 Jan 1918, Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 2002 (Age 83 years)
     2. F.M. Palen
    +3. Ruby Irene Palen,   b. 16 Feb 1921   d. Yes, date unknown
    +4. Gordon Earl Palen,   b. 6 Jun 1924   d. 4 Oct 2002, Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital, Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    +5. Lorna Ethel (Elizabeth) Palen,   b. 26 Mar 1926, , , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 2005, Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital, Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    +6. Morley Orrin Palen,   b. 30 Nov 1931, Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 2004, Woodstock General Hospital, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    +7. Mervin Roy Palen,   b. 18 May 1936, , , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1993 (Age 56 years)
    +8. M.R. Palen
    Family ID F111  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2006 

  • Notes 
    • *1901 Census 93 Norfolk d-2 Tillsonburg, Page 9, Line 46*
      Palen, Roy, Male, W., Son, Single, Born 5 Mar 1895, Age 6, Birthplace rural Ont.


      1911 Census, Ontario, Oxford South, Dereham, District 4, Page 6
      Line 12, Household 56 ( Isaac Weeks)
      Palen, Roy, Male, Servant*, Single,Born Dec 1894, Age 16, Ontario,

  • Sources 
    1. [S81] OVS Births 1895 , Roy Gordon Palen, Reg # 023923 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S92] Burial Monument, Tillsonburg Cemetery, Tillsonburg, Ontario.

    3. [S76] OVS Marriages 1858-1899, Orin Palen & Rhoda Weeks, Reg # 008903, Archives of Ontario Film 54 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S95] Ontario Canada Marriages 1857-1922 , Roy Gordon Palen, Reg # 014048 (Reliability: 3).



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