My Scottish "Wilkie" Family
Lewis Delmer Weeks

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Name Lewis Delmer Weeks Birth 5 Jul 1881 Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada [1]
Gender Male Occupation
Between 1900 and 1958 Death 24 Feb 1958 Burial 26 Feb 1958 Tillsonburg Cemetery, Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada Person ID I518 Weeks Last Modified 24 Feb 2017
Father Joseph Weeks, b. 27 Mar 1834, Charlotteville, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. 7 Dec 1928, Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada
(Age 94 years)
Mother Rosa Armenta Clark, b. 5 Aug 1855, Middleton, Norfolk Cty, Ontario, Canada d. 24 Jul 1941 (Age 85 years)
Marriage 27 Sep 1876 Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada [2]
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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
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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
- *1901 Census 93 Norfolk, b-5 Dereham, Page 7, Line 50*
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