Raymond Earl Rouse

1891 - 1961  (70 years)

• Name	Raymond Earl Rouse
  Birth	23 May 1891	Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	MCMM, 18 Battn CEF, Lieutenant
  Death	21 Dec 1961  [2]
  Burial	Tillsonburg Cemetery, Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I318	Weeks
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	Edward George Rouse,   b. 25 Mar 1863, Nassagauaya, Halton Cty., Ontario, Canada d. 30 Jun 1934 (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Charity Ann Weeks,   b. 13 Apr 1869, Middleton Twp, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Feb 1929, Vienna Road, Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	1 Jul 1887	Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada   [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	Theresa Hayes,   b. 20 May 1908, Simcoe, , Ontario, Canada d. 1992 (Age 83 years)
  Children	1. E.R. Rouse + 2. Mamie Ann (Rouse) Allen,   b. 15 Sep 1939   d. 1996 (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Birth Certificate: OVS Births 1891, Reg # 029783 Date: 23 May 1891 Name: Raymond Earle Rouse Sex: Male Father: Edward Geo. Rouse, Currier Mother: Charity Weeks Informant: Edw. Geo. Rouse Reg. 22 June 1891 *1901 Census 93 Norfolk d-2 Tillsonburg, Page 10, Line 45* Rouse, Raymond, Male,White, Son, Single, Born 23 May 1890, Age 10 1911 Census, Ontario, Oxford South, Dereham, District 4, Page 11 Line 35, Household # 120 (Perry's) Rouse, Ray, Male, Labourer, Single, Born May 1891, Age 20, Ontario, English, Canadian, Methodist Notes from Marg Craven, says Ray was sent overseas in WWI in 1915 Burial in Tillsonburg Cemetery Tombstone Inscription: MCMM, 18 Battn CEF, 21 December 1961 - age 70 Notes from Ted Rouse, July 2005 Ray enlisted as a private and won battlefield promotion to Sargeant, then Lieutenant. At one time, he spent a year in the trenches before relief. After the war, Ray became a stationary engineer. Probably due to memories he had some drinking problems, despite this even thru the 30s his employer never fired him.

  
  

• Sources

  [S109] OVS Births 1891, Raymond Earle Rouse, Reg # 029783 (Reliability: 3). [S107] Death records per Tillsonburg Cemetery & Burial Monument (Reliability: 3). Lt Raymond E. Rouse, M-C - M. M. 18th Battn CEF, 21 Dec 1961, Age 70 [S77] OVS Marriage Index 1858-1899, Charity Weeks & Ed G Rouse, Microfilm Archives 56, Reg # 001329 (Reliability: 3).