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Minnie Gladys Scanlon

Female 1904 - 1979  (74 years)


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  • Name Minnie Gladys Scanlon 
    Birth 7 Jul 1904 
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1959  London, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 1979 
    Burial Tillsonburg Cemetery, Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I663  Weeks
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2017 

    Father Ransom Weeks,   b. 2 Sep 1867, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 1959, Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Sarah Etta Partlo,   b. 4 Jun 1878, Bayham Twp, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1956 (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 25 Apr 1911  Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Marriage Index #9(1911 A-Z)4-25-11 #011157-11
      FHC Reel # 1888065 Ontario Marriages 1911
      Registration # 11157-11
      Location: Tillsonburg, Oxford
      Date: April 25, 1911
      Husband: Ransom WEEKS
      Husband Occupation: Farmer
      Husband Status: Bachelor
      Husband Age; 43
      Husband Religion: Protestant
      Husband Residence; Tillsonburg
      Husband Father: Isaac Weeks
      Husband Father Occupation; Farmer
      Husband Mother: Nancy Westbrook
      Wife: Sarah E. Scanlan
      Wife Status: Widow
      Wife Age: 38
      Wife Religion: Methodist
      Wife Residence; Tillsonburg
      Wife Father: James Partlow (? looked more like Parkinan)
      Wife Mother: Margaret Scanlan
      Witnesses: K.J. Brown and Mary Brown
      Minister: J.J. Brown

      The certificate itself listed:
      Mr. Ransom Weeks of Dereham, Oxford AND Mrs. Sarah Scanlan of Middleton,
      Norfolk
      there is discrepancy between birth dates for Sarah - (1878 or 1873) and the surname spelling (Scanlan or Scanlon)


      Tillsonburg Observer Newspaper, Apr. 27, 1911, Pg 3 col 3
      Marriage:
      Weeks - Scanlan
      On Tuesday, April 25th, at Avondale manse, by the Rev. J. J. Brown, H.A., Mr. Ranson Weeks of the 9th concession of Dereham was united in marriage to Mrs. Sarah Scanlan.
      Mr. and Mrs. Weeks will reside on their farm in Dereham.
    Family ID F213  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James William Cowell,   b. 16 Oct 1900   d. 3 Mar 1945 (Age 44 years) 
    Marriage 2 Dec 1926 
    Children 
    +1. R.R. Cowell
    +2. B.A. Cowell
    Family ID F221  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2006 

  • Notes 
    • Tillsonburg Cemetery Transcriptions:
      Section D, Row S, # 1
      Cowell
      Left Side: Jim/ 1899-1945
      Right Side: Minine/ 1904 - 1979


      Notes from Joyce Garnham July 2012:
      Minnie Scanlan married James Cowell. They lived in London ON. Uncle Jim died young from tuberculosis

  • Sources 
    1. [S158] OVS Marriages, Ransom Weeks & Sarah Scanlon, 1911, Reg # 11157 (Reliability: 3).



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