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Margaret Jane Douglas

Female 1893 - 1950  (56 years)


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  • Name Margaret Jane Douglas 
    Birth 16 Nov 1893  , Franklin, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Racial Origin Scotch 
    Occupation Housewife 
    Death 4 Oct 1950  Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 7 Oct 1950  Vancouver Crematorium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1069  Weeks
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2017 

    Father A. Douglas 
    Mother M.J. Henderson 
    Family ID F540  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Omar Amos Weeks,   b. 23 Nov 1884, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1954, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 3 Mar 1915  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage Source:
      B.C. Archives Microfilm # B11379; # 1983707; Reg. No. 1915-09-080176

      Groom: Omar Amos Weeks
      Age: 30
      Bachelor
      Occupation: Barber
      Residence: Chilliwack, B.C.
      Place of Birth: Tillsonburg, Ontario
      Father: Isaac Weeks
      Mother: Nancy Westbrook
      Rank or profession of Father: Farmer
      Religion of bridegroom: Presbyterian

      Bride: Margaret Douglas
      Age: 21
      Spinster
      Occupation: blank
      Residence; Chilliwack, B.C.
      Place of Birth: Franklin, Manitoba
      Surname of Father: Alex. R. Douglas
      Surname of Mother: Jennie Henderson
      Rank or profession of Father: Farmer
      Religion of bride: Presbyterian
      Date of Marriage; 3rd of March, 1915
      Married at Vancouver, B.C. according to the rites and ceremonies of Presbyterian Church by License # 50331.

      Witnesses: Mrs. A Burr
      R Patterson

      Minister; H.C. Fraser
    Children 
    +1. Dorothy Edna Weeks,   b. 26 Nov 1915, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1988, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     2. Muriel I. Weeks,   b. 31 Oct 1918, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 2007, Abbotsford, British Coumbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    +3. Harvey Alexander Weeks,   b. 10 Dec 1919, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1991, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F357  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2006 

  • Notes 
    • Birth Registration: - Certificate Vital Statistics # 14314
      On the 16 day of December 1893 at NE1/4 of Section 2-15-17, Municipality
      of Odanah. In the province of Manitoba, Canada there occurred the Birth of Margaret Jane Douglas. Name of Father - Alexander R. Douglas, Occupation - Farmer.
      This birth is certified to be registerd as No. 2 for the year 1893 in the registry of Registration Division of Municipality of Odanah, now on record in the archives of the Provincial Board of Health.



      Death Note Source:
      BC Archives - Film B13206, film #2032634
      Reg # 1950-09-009175

      Mrs Omar Weeks
      Source: Chilliwack Progress newspaper, Oct. 17, 1950; Page 7
      A member of a well-known Chilliwack family was lost in the studden passing October 4 of Mrs. Margaret Jane Weeks in Chilliwack hospital.
      Funeral service was held Saturday at 11 am, in Henderson's chapel, conducted by Dr. Geoffrey Glover. Cremation followed.
      The late Mrs. Weeks was born in Franklin, Man., in 1893 and came to Chilliwack 38 years ago. She was for many years an active member of Chilliwack United Church.
      She leaves her husband, Omar at 426 Mary street; two daughters Mrs. T. M Thompson, Young street north, and Mrs. J. Jackson, Langley, and a son, Harvey, in Chilliwack. There are five grandchildren.



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