L.A.N. Smith

R.T. married L.R. Cowan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Served in WWII, stationed in Italy & Holland

David married Frances Mamie Craven. Frances (daughter of Thomas Freeburn Craven and Mamie Elizabeth Rouse) was born on 22 Sep 1921; died on 23 Aug 1978; was buried in Eden Cemetery, Bayham Twp, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

L. married N. Pettinger. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Monument in Eden cemetery has birth date for Thomas as 1879

Marriage certificate of 1920 states Thomas's birthplace as Toronto, names his parents as Lazenby Craven & Ann Leece, Thomas's age as 41, making his birthdate as 1879

Thomas married Mamie Elizabeth Rouse on 17 Nov 1920 in Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. Mamie (daughter of Edward George Rouse and Charity Ann Weeks) was born on 8 Oct 1887 in Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; died on 23 Jun 1968; was buried in Eden Cemetery, Bayham Twp, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

Married:
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