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Mamie Elizabeth Rouse

Female 1887 - 1968  (80 years)


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  • Name Mamie Elizabeth Rouse 
    Birth 8 Oct 1887  Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Death 23 Jun 1968  [2
    Burial Eden Cemetery, Bayham Twp, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I316  Weeks
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2007 

    Father Edward George Rouse,   b. 25 Mar 1863, Nassagauaya, Halton Cty., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1934 (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Charity Ann Weeks,   b. 13 Apr 1869, Middleton Twp, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1929, Vienna Road, Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jul 1887  Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Tillsonburg Observer Newspaper article
      Weeks - Charity married George Edward Rouse, at the parsonage in
      Brantford, Ontario, July 1st, 1887, by the Rev. G.W. McCarey.


      Marriage Ontario Index 1858 - 1899, Microfilm Archives 56, Reg # 001329
      Name: Charity Weeks
      Spouse Name: Edward G. Rouse
      Marriage Date: July 1, 1887
      Marriage Place: Brantford
      Reg # 001329
      Archives Microfilm 56
    Family ID F113  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas Freeburn Craven,   b. 27 Mar 1879, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1945 (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 17 Nov 1920  Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Marriage Certificate: OVS Reg # 021264
      Bridegroom: Thomas Freeburn Craven, Farmer, Bachelor
      Age: 41
      Birthplace: Toronto
      Father: Lazenby Craven
      Mother: Ann Leece* (hard to read surname)
      Bride: Mamie Elizabeth Rouse, at home, Spinster
      Age: 32
      Place of Birth: Delhi
      Father: Edward Rouse
      Mother: Charity Weeks
      Witness: Harry Rouse, Tillsonburg
      Witness: Mrs Harry Doyle * (Hoyle), Tillsonburg
      Place: Tillsonburg, Oxford Cty., Ontario
      Date: 17 November 1920
      Clergyman: Thomas N. Bole, Tillsonburg, Methodist
    Children 
    +1. Frances Mamie Craven,   b. 22 Sep 1921   d. 23 Aug 1978 (Age 56 years)
    +2. Thomas Ray Craven,   b. 30 Sep 1924, Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 2010, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     3. M.M. Craven
    +4. Grace Shirley Craven,   b. 14 Aug 1928   d. 2000 (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F115  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Eden Cemetery, Bayham Twp, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Birth Certificate: OVS Births, Reg # 025357
      Date: Oct 8, 1887
      Name: Anna E. Rouse
      Sex: Female
      Father: Edward Geo. Rouse, Tanner
      Mother: Charity WSeeks
      Informant: Edward Geo. Rouse
      Registered: 5 NOv 1887

      Nickname "Mamie"

      *1901 Census 93 Norfolk d-2 Tillsonburg, Page 10, Line 42*
      Rouse, Mamie E., Female, White, Daughter, Single, Born 8 Oct. 1887, age 13, birthplace urban Ontario,

      Notes from Margaret Rouse, 2005
      Continuing down # 19 road to New England Corners, turn Right (West). Approx. one mile down there is the Craven Farm, where Margaret lived for 44 years. The Cravens did mixed farming until 1931, when they switched over to tobacco crops and rye as an alternate crop. The Craven home was sold in 1970


      1911 Census, Ontario, Oxford South, District 37, Tillsonburg, Page 1
      Rouse, May, Female, Dtr, Single, Born Oct 1889, Age 22, German, Canadian, Methodist

      Marriage certificate of 1920 states Mamie's birthplace as Delhi, her age as 32

  • Sources 
    1. [S105] OVS Births 1897 Anna E. Rouse, Reg # 025357 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S104] Burial Monument in Eden Cemetery, Elgin Cty., Ontario (Reliability: 3).
      Mamie Craven 1887-1968

    3. [S77] OVS Marriage Index 1858-1899, Charity Weeks & Ed G Rouse, Microfilm Archives 56, Reg # 001329 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S111] OVS Marriages 1920 Mamie Rouse & Thomas Craven, Reg # 021264. MS 932, 632 reels (Reliability: 3).



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