Horace Owen Weeks

1913 - 2003  (89 years)

• Name	Horace Owen Weeks
  Birth	29 Apr 1913	Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1959
  East Nissouri Township, Ontario, Canada
  Death	25 Jan 2003	Wildwood Care Centre, St. Mary's, Ontario, Canada
  Burial	29 Jan 2003	Zion 7th Line Cemetery, Thamesford, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I658	Weeks
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	Ransom Weeks,   b. 2 Sep 1867, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada d. 9 Oct 1959, Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Sarah Etta Partlo,   b. 4 Jun 1878, Bayham Twp, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada d. 19 Jul 1956 (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	25 Apr 1911	Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Marriage Index #9(1911 A-Z)4-25-11 #011157-11 FHC Reel # 1888065 Ontario Marriages 1911 Registration # 11157-11 Location: Tillsonburg, Oxford Date: April 25, 1911 Husband: Ransom WEEKS Husband Occupation: Farmer Husband Status: Bachelor Husband Age; 43 Husband Religion: Protestant Husband Residence; Tillsonburg Husband Father: Isaac Weeks Husband Father Occupation; Farmer Husband Mother: Nancy Westbrook Wife: Sarah E. Scanlan Wife Status: Widow Wife Age: 38 Wife Religion: Methodist Wife Residence; Tillsonburg Wife Father: James Partlow (? looked more like Parkinan) Wife Mother: Margaret Scanlan Witnesses: K.J. Brown and Mary Brown Minister: J.J. Brown The certificate itself listed: Mr. Ransom Weeks of Dereham, Oxford AND Mrs. Sarah Scanlan of Middleton, Norfolk there is discrepancy between birth dates for Sarah - (1878 or 1873) and the surname spelling (Scanlan or Scanlon) Tillsonburg Observer Newspaper, Apr. 27, 1911, Pg 3 col 3 Marriage: Weeks - Scanlan On Tuesday, April 25th, at Avondale manse, by the Rev. J. J. Brown, H.A., Mr. Ranson Weeks of the 9th concession of Dereham was united in marriage to Mrs. Sarah Scanlan. Mr. and Mrs. Weeks will reside on their farm in Dereham.
  Family ID	F213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Melba Emily Shepherd,   b. 26 Apr 1915   d. 1999 (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	5 Apr 1934
  Children	+ 1. D.G. Weeks + 2. S.I. Weeks   3. Maxwell Owen Weeks,   b. 20 May 1943   d. 1988, Drowned In Lake Erie (Age 44 years)   4. T.W. Weeks
  Family ID	F215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2006

  
  

• Notes

  Tillsonburg Observer, May 1, 1913 Birth of son to Ransom and Sarah Weeks, page 5 column 4 Currently alive as of Sept. 2000. Weeks obituary Peacefully at Wildwood Care Centre, St. Mary's, on Saturday, January 25, 2003, Horace Owen Weeks. Formerly of R.R. #4 Thamesford in his 90th year. Beloved husband of the late Melba (Shepherd) Weeks (1999) and dear father of Donna (Robert) Green of Flesherton, Shirley (Ron) Hossack of Embro and Terry (Dianne) Weeks of R.R. #4 Thamesford. Also loved by 12 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. Predeceased by one son owen (1987) and 3 sisters Doris Kilgour, Percil Jasper, and Minnie Cowell. Friends may call at the Harland B. Betzner Funeral Home, 177 Dundas Stree, Thamesford, Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 pm, where the funeral service will be held on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 at 1 pm. Reverend Janice Aicken officiating, interment Zion 7th Line Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy Memorial donations may be given to the charity of one's choice. Source: London Free Press newspaper Notes from Joyce Garnham July 2012: Horace Weeks married Melba Sheppard, lived on a farm near my Parents - near Culloden ON. Later moved to a farm Kintore ON, ran a very uptodate Dairy farm with a milking parlor.

  
  

• Sources

  [S158] OVS Marriages, Ransom Weeks & Sarah Scanlon, 1911, Reg # 11157 (Reliability: 3).