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Laura Elizabeth Palen

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  • Name Laura Elizabeth Palen 
    Birth 28 Jun 1889  Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Burial Woodstock Baptist Cemetery, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I305  Weeks
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2017 

    Father Orrin Edward Palen,   b. 23 Nov 1857, Smith Creek, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1940 (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Rhoda Sophia Weeks,   b. 21 Jul 1860, Middleton Twp, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Apr 1925, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 23 Mar 1886  Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Marriage:
      Groom: Orin Palen
      Age: 29
      Residence: Tillsonburg, Ont
      Birthplace: Smith Creek, New York, USA
      Bachelor
      Occupation: Farmer
      Parents; George and Priscilla Palen
      Bride: Rhoda Weeks
      Age: 25
      Residence; Tillsonburg, Ontario
      Spinster
      Parents; Amos and Elizabeth Weeks
      Witnesses; Charity Weeks, Edward Rouse of Tillsonburg, Ont
      Date: March 23, 1886
      Religion: Baptist for both Bride and Groom
      Minister; H.J.Wall by license
      Source; LDS Film # 1869962; #8903


      Palen-Weeks
      At the residence of the bride's father, in Tillsonburg, on Tuesday, March
      23, by Rev. H. Ware, Orrin Palen to Rhoda, daughter of Amos Weeks.
      Source: Tillsonburg Observer newspaper; pg 4 col 2; April 4, 1886
    Family ID F107  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jeremiah (Jerry) Butcher,   b. 30 Jun 1889   d. 5 Oct 1962 (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 17 Jan 1912  Baptist Parsonage, Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Marriage Certificate: Ontario Marriage Index 1857 - 1922, Reg # 015166
      Husband: Jerry Butcher, Farmer, Bachelor
      Father: Alexander Butcher, Farmer
      Mother: Naomi Chatrneau
      Wife: Laura Palen, Spinster
      Father: Orrin Palen, Miller
      Mother: Rhoda Weeks
      Where: Baptist Parsonage, Tillsonburg, Oxford Cty
      License
      Witnesses: Roy Palen & Ethel Palen, Tillsonburg
    Children 
     1. Byron Laverne Butcher,   b. 16 Jun 1913   d. 28 Dec 1913, Tillsonburg Cemetery, Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +2. J.W. Butcher
    +3. F.L. Butcher
    Family ID F109  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2006 

  • Notes 
    • *1901 Census 93 Norfolk, d-2 Tillsonburg, page 9, Line 44*
      Palen, Laura, Female, W., Daugher, Single, Born 28 June 1889, Age 11, Birthplace rural Ont.

      Birth Certificate OVS, Tillsonburg, Oxford Cty., Reg # 027103
      Name: Laura Elizabeth Palen
      Date: 28 June 1889
      Sex: Female
      Father: Orrin Palen, Farmer
      Mother: Roda S. Weeks * ( as such on certificate)
      Informant: Orrin Palen
      Registered: 24 July 1889

  • Sources 
    1. [S79] OVS Births 1889, Laura Palen, Reg # 027103 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S76] OVS Marriages 1858-1899, Orin Palen & Rhoda Weeks, Reg # 008903, Archives of Ontario Film 54 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S97] Ont Marriage Index 1857 - 1922, Reg # 015166 (Reliability: 3).



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