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Lewis Delmer Weeks

Male 1881 - 1958  (76 years)


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  • Name Lewis Delmer Weeks 
    Birth 5 Jul 1881  Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Between 1900 and 1958 
    Death 24 Feb 1958 
    Burial 26 Feb 1958  Tillsonburg Cemetery, Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I518  Weeks
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2017 

    Father Joseph Weeks,   b. 27 Mar 1834, Charlotteville, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1928, Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Mother Rosa Armenta Clark,   b. 5 Aug 1855, Middleton, Norfolk Cty, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1941 (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 27 Sep 1876  Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Marriage:
      Groom: Joseph Weeks
      Age; 42 years
      Residence: Dereham, Ont
      Birthplace: Charlotteville, Ont.
      Bachelor
      Occupation: Farmer
      Parents: Joseph and Charity (Kern) Weeks
      Bride; Sarah C. Clark
      Age: 21 years
      Residence; Tillsonburg, Ont
      Birthplace: Middleton, Ont
      Spinster
      Parents: Charles and Sarah Clark
      Witnesses: Robert Scott, Elvia Clark
      Date of Marriage; September 27, 1876, Tillsonburg, Ont.
      Religion: Methodist for both Bride and Groom
      Minister; Rev. A. Andrews by Licence
      Source; LDS Film# ; #8138-76


      From the Ingersoll Chronicle Newspaper dated October 05, 1876
      Weeks-Clark. On the 27 th ult., by Rev. Alfred Andrews, at the residence
      of the bride's father, Mr. Joseph Weeks of Dereham to Miss Rosa A. Clark, daughter of Mr. Charles Clark of Tillsonburg.
    Family ID F31  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • *1901 Census 93 Norfolk, b-5 Dereham, Page 7, Line 50*
      Weeks, Lewis D., Male, white, Son, Single, Born 5 July 1881, Age 19,
      Birthplace rural Ontario, Religion Church of England, Farmer.



      Never Married, No Family

      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

      Lewis Delmer Weeks never married and died on the farm where he was born. He was hard working, shy and a very kind person who looked after his mother until her death. Lewis passed away February 24, 1958 and the farm was left to his 2 nephews, Harold and Wallace Weeks, with his brother William to get his keep from it as long as he lived.




      Burial: Tillsonburg Cemetery, Section H, Row E, #7
      Lewis D. Weeks / 1881 - 1958

      Burial Date source, Tillsonburg Cemetery offfice, 2007

  • Sources 
    1. [S121] OVS Births 1881, Lewis Delmer Weeks, Pg 536, Reg # 023661 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S119] OVS Marriages 1857-1922, Joseph Weeks & Sarah Clarke, Pg 419, Reg # 008138 (Reliability: 3).



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