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Alice Maude P. Best

Female 1878 - 1920  (~ 41 years)


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  • Name Alice Maude P. Best 
    Birth Apr 1878  Bayham Twp, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 17 Mar 1920  Bayham Twp, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial 20 Mar 1920  Tillsonburg Cemetery, Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I501  Weeks
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2017 

    Father John Best   d. 26 Dec 1905 
    Mother I. Crossett 
    Family ID F694  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Nelson Weeks,   b. 6 May 1879, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 1970 (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 23 Dec 1903  Source: Lds 1871523 Film, 014544-03 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage:
      Groom; William N. Weeks
      Age: 24 years
      Residence; Dereham, Ont
      Birthplace: Dereham, Ont.
      bachelor
      Occupation: Farmer
      Parents: Joseph Weeks and Rosa A. Clark
      Bride: Phoebe A.M.Best
      Age 25 years
      Residence; Dereham, Ont.
      Birthplace: Bayham, Ont
      Spinster
      Occupation: Domestic
      Parents: John Best and Phoebe Crosset
      Witnesses: Lewis D. Weeks of Dereham and Ethel M. Best of
      Tillsonburg,
      Marriage Date; Dec. 23, 1903, Dereham, Ont.
      Religion: Groom - Episcopolian; Bride - Methodist
      Minister: D.E. Martin, Licence
      Source: LDS Film # 1871523; #14544 -03
    Children 
    +1. Lewis Harold Weeks,   b. 17 Mar 1905, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1983, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +2. William Wallace Weeks,   b. 21 Oct 1907, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1981 (Age 73 years)
     3. John Weeks,   b. Nov 1909, , , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2006 

  • Notes 
    • Will of Alice's Father - John Best, Reg # 3523, registered Mar 19, 1906, Registry Office, Cty Elgin in Book L; James Canfield, Registrar.
      Canada, Province of Ontario
      In his Majesty's Surrogate Court of the County of Oxford
      Be it known that on the Tenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six Letters of Administration of all and singular the property of John Best late of the Township of Dereham in the County of Oxford, Gentleman, Widower, deceased, who died on or about the twenty-sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five at the Township of Dereham in the County of Oxford, intestate, and who at the time of his death had a fixed place of abode at the Township of Dereham in the said County of Oxford were granted by his Majesty's Surrogate Court of the Country of Oxford to George F. Best of the Township of Bayham in the County of Elgin, farmer and William Nelson Weeks of the Township of Dereham in the County of Oxford farmer the lawful son and son-in-law respectively of the said deceased and the hominees of Sarah E. Hoffman, Florence B. Vincent, and Phoebe A. M. Weeks three of the lawful heirs of said deceased they having renounced all their right and title to Letters Of Administration of the property of the said deceased in favor of the Said George F. Best and William Nelson Weeks they the said George F. Best and William Nelson Weeks having been first sworn well and faithfully to administer the same by paying his just debts and distributing the residue (if any) of his property according to law and to exhibit under oath a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the said property and to render a just and true account of their administration whenever thereunto lawfully required.

      (Sd) Jas. Canfield
      Registrar of the Surrogate Court of the County of
      Oxford.



      1911 Census Ontario, Oxford South, Dereham, District 4, Page 6
      Line 13-16, Household # 57
      Weeks, Joseph, Male, Head, Married, Born Mar 1835, Age 77, Ontario, German, Canadian, Presbyterian, Farmer
      Weeks, Arminia, Female, Wife, Married, Born Aug 1855, Age 55, Ontario, German, Canadian, Presbyterian
      Weeks, Louis, Male, Son, Single, Born Jul 1891, Age 29, Farmer
      Weeks, William, Male, Head, Married, Born May 1880, Age 31
      Weeks, Alice, Female, Wife, Married, Born Apr 1878, Age 33
      Weeks, Harold, Male, Son, Single, Born Mar 1905, Age 6
      Weeks, Wallace, Male, Son, Single, Born Oct 1907, Age 3
      Weeks, John, Male, Son, Single, Born Nov 1909, Age 1


      Death Certificate: OVS pg 219, Reg # 013748
      Name: Weeks, Phoebbe Alice Maude
      Place of Death: Lot 14, Conc 11, Bayham Twp, Elgin Cty
      Sex: Female, Married
      Age: 41 years, 11 mos
      Birthplace: Bayham, 1878
      Housewife
      Residence: 6 yrs at place of death & 41 years Canada
      Father: John Best, Bayham
      Mother: Isabell Crossett, Bayham
      Informant: W. N. Weeks, Cornich?, Husband
      Burial: Tillsonburg, March 20, 1920
      Undertaker: J. M. Taylor
      Date of Death: March 17, 1920
      Cause of Death; Heart Disease x 3 mos.



      Burial: Tillsonburg Cemetery, Section H, Row E, #8
      Wm. N Weeks / 1879 - 1970 /
      Allie / beloved wife of / Wm N Weeks / 1878 - 1920

      Annie May Coulter / 1882 - 1943

      Markers: Mother, Father, Annie Lewis

  • Sources 
    1. [S118] OVS Deaths 1920, Phoebbe Alice Maude (Best) Weeks, Pg 219, Reg # 013748 (Reliability: 3).



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