G. Rouse

Family/Spouse: E. Rouse. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1861 Halton Cty Census, Nassagaweya Twp; Division 5, Pg 67, Line 18 - 25
Lists Edward George Rouse's family
Rouse, William, Farmer, England, Age 58, Married
Rouse, Mary Ann, Wife, England, Age 52, Married
Rouse, Eliza, Canada West, Age 26
Rouse, Emma, Canada West, Age 14
Rouse, Sarah, Canada West, Age 9
Rouse, Emily, Canada West, Age 8
Rouse, Mary Ann, Canada West, Age 6
Rouse, George, England, Farmer, Age 52


1881 Census, Tillsonburg, Norfolk North, Page 1, Dist 158, Sub Dist F
Edward Rouse, Male, Age 18, Farm Labourer, Anglo-Saxon, Birthplace Ont.
Ed was in the household of Amos Weeks and his family.



*1901 Census 93 Norfolk d-2 Tillsonburg, Page 10, Line 40*
Rouse, Edward, Male, White, Head, Married, Born 25 Mar 1863, Age 38,
Birthplace rural Ontario, Origin English, Religion Baptist, Farmer
Rouse, Charity, Female, White, Wife, Married, Born 13 April 1868, Age 32, Birthplace urban Ontario, Origin English, Religion Baptist
Rouse, Mamie E., Female, White, Daughter, Single, Born 8 Oct. 1887, age 13, birthplace urban Ontario,
Rouse, Ida E., Female, White, Daughter, Single, Born 14 Apr. 1888, age 12, birthplace urban Ont.
Rouse, Lavell E.Male,White, Son, Single, Born 13 Apr. 1900, Age 1
Rouse, Raymond, Male,White, Son, Single, Born 23 May 1890, Age 10
Rouse, Stewart E., Male, White, Son, Single, Born 8 Mar. 1893, Age 8
Rouse, Carl E., Male, White, Son, Single, Born 13 May 1895, Age 5
Rouse, Basil E., Male, White, Son, Single, Born 31 May 1897, Age 3

Secdule 2 of 1901 census info:
Edward's Family were listed as bLot 8-9, conc 4, Middleton, 1 brick house with 12 rooms, 30 acres.


1911 Census, Ontario, Oxford South, District 37, Page 1
Lines 47-50, Page 2 Lines 1-4; Household # 20;
Rouse, Ed, Male, Head, Married, Born March 1865, Age 46, Ontario, German, Canadian, Methodist, Farmer
Rouse, Charity, Female, Wife, Married, Born Apr 1868, Age 43, Ontario, English, Canadian, Methodist
Rouse, May, Female, Dtr, Single, Born Oct 1889, Age 22, German, Canadian, Methodist
Rouse, Ida, Female, Dtr, Single, Born Apr 1890, Age 21, German, Canadian, Methodist, School Teacher
Rouse, Raymond, Male, Son, Single, Born May 1891, Age 20, German, Canadian, Methodist, Farm Hand
Rouse, Stewart, Male, Son, Single, Born Mar 1895, Age 16, German, Canadian, Methodist, Farm Hand
Rouse, Carl, Male, Son, Single, Born May 1896, Age 15, German, Canadian, Methodist, Farm Hand
Rouse, Basil, Male, Son, Single, Born May 1897, Age 14, German, Canadian, Methodist
Rouse, Laval, Male, Daughter*, Single, Born Apr 1899, Age 12, German, Canadian, Methodist
Rouse, Harry, Male, Son, Single, Born Dec 1903, Age 8, German, Canadian, Methodist
Rouse, Edmond, Male, Son, Single, Born Oct 1905, Age 6, German, Canadian, Methodist
Rouse, Donald, Male, Son, Single, Born Jun 1909, Age 2, German, Canadian, Methodist
*, Rouse, Laval was a Son not a dtr.

Burial in Tillsonburg Cemetery (have photo)

Rouse, Edward G. 1862 - 1934

Edward married Charity Ann Weeks on 1 Jul 1887 in Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada. Charity (daughter of Amos Weeks and Elizabeth Stewart) was born on 13 Apr 1869 in Middleton Twp, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada; died on 10 Feb 1929 in Vienna Road, Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario; was buried on 12 Feb 1929 in Tillsonburg Cemetery, Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth Certificate: OVS Births, Reg # 025357
Date: Oct 8, 1887
Name: Anna E. Rouse
Sex: Female
Father: Edward Geo. Rouse, Tanner
Mother: Charity WSeeks
Informant: Edward Geo. Rouse
Registered: 5 NOv 1887

Nickname "Mamie"

*1901 Census 93 Norfolk d-2 Tillsonburg, Page 10, Line 42*
Rouse, Mamie E., Female, White, Daughter, Single, Born 8 Oct. 1887, age 13, birthplace urban Ontario,

Notes from Margaret Rouse, 2005
Continuing down # 19 road to New England Corners, turn Right (West). Approx. one mile down there is the Craven Farm, where Margaret lived for 44 years. The Cravens did mixed farming until 1931, when they switched over to tobacco crops and rye as an alternate crop. The Craven home was sold in 1970


1911 Census, Ontario, Oxford South, District 37, Tillsonburg, Page 1
Rouse, May, Female, Dtr, Single, Born Oct 1889, Age 22, German, Canadian, Methodist

Marriage certificate of 1920 states Mamie's birthplace as Delhi, her age as 32

Mamie married Thomas Freeburn Craven on 17 Nov 1920 in Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. Thomas (son of L. Craven and A. Leece) was born on 27 Mar 1879 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; died on 6 Dec 1945; was buried in Eden Cemetery, Bayham Twp, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth Certificate: OVS Births 1889, Reg # 027081
Date: 14 April 1889
Name: Ida Eliza Rouse
Sex: female
Father: Edward Rouse, Currier
Mother: Charity Weeks
Informant: Edward Rouse
Registered: 20 April 1889



*1901 Census 93 Norfolk d-2 Tillsonburg page 10, Line 43*
Rouse, Ida E., Female, White, Daughter, Single, Born 14 Apr. 1888, age 12, birthplace urban Ont.



1911 Census, Ontario, Oxford South, District 37, Tillsonburg, Page 1
Rouse, Ida, Female, Dtr, Single, Born Apr 1890, Age 21, German, Canadian, Methodist, School Teacher

No family for this couple, Fred Miller & Ida Rouse. The marriage did not work out and Ida returned to live at home - per Ted Rouse & Margaret Craven

Ida married Frederick Miller on 14 Aug 1922 in Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. Frederick (son of J. Miller and M.A. Crayston) was born on 23 Sep 1879 in Attercliffe, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada; died in Aug 1948. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: MCMM, 18 Battn CEF, Lieutenant

Notes:

Birth Certificate: OVS Births 1891, Reg # 029783
Date: 23 May 1891
Name: Raymond Earle Rouse
Sex: Male
Father: Edward Geo. Rouse, Currier
Mother: Charity Weeks
Informant: Edw. Geo. Rouse
Reg. 22 June 1891



*1901 Census 93 Norfolk d-2 Tillsonburg, Page 10, Line 45*
Rouse, Raymond, Male,White, Son, Single, Born 23 May 1890, Age 10



1911 Census, Ontario, Oxford South, Dereham, District 4, Page 11
Line 35, Household # 120 (Perry's)
Rouse, Ray, Male, Labourer, Single, Born May 1891, Age 20, Ontario, English, Canadian, Methodist

Notes from Marg Craven, says Ray was sent overseas in WWI in 1915

Burial in Tillsonburg Cemetery
Tombstone Inscription:
MCMM, 18 Battn CEF, 21 December 1961 - age 70

Notes from Ted Rouse, July 2005
Ray enlisted as a private and won battlefield promotion to Sargeant, then Lieutenant. At one time, he spent a year in the trenches before relief. After the war, Ray became a stationary engineer. Probably due to memories he had some drinking problems, despite this even thru the 30s his employer never fired him.

Family/Spouse: Theresa Hayes. Theresa (daughter of T. Hayes and M.A. Doyle) was born on 20 May 1908 in Simcoe, , Ontario, Canada; died in 1992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth certificate: OVS Births 1893 Reg # 022078
Date: 8th March 1893
Name: Stuart Edward Rouse
Sex: Male
Father: Edward George Rouse, Farmer
Mother: Charity Weeks
Informant: E. G. Rouse
Registered 4 April 1893





*1901 Census 93 Norfolk d-2 Tillsonburg, Page 10, Line 46*
Rouse, Stewart E., Male, White, Son, Single, Born 8 Mar. 1893, Age 8

1911 Census , Ontario, Oxford South, District 37, Page 1
Rouse, Stewart, Male, Son, Single, Born Mar 1895, Age 16, German, Canadian, Methodist, Farm Hand

Notes from Ted Rouse
Stewart was discharged by the army as 4F

Notes:

Birth Certificate: OVS Births 1895, Reg # 023936
Date: 13 May 1895
Name: Carl Esmond Rouse
Sex: Male
Father: Edward George Rouse, Farmer
Mother: Charity Weeks
Informant: Edward Geo. Rouse
Registered: 10 June 1895



*1901 Census 93 Norfolk, d-2 Tillsonburg, Page 10, Line 47*
Rouse, Carl E., Male, White, Son, Single, Born 13 May 1895, Age 5

1911 Census, Ontario, Oxford South, District 37, Tillsonburg; Page 1
Rouse, Carl, Male, Son, Single, Born May 1896, Age 15, German, Canadian, Methodist, Farm Hand


Regimental Number: 675013
Reference RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8499-42


Burial: Tillsonburg Cemetery
Rouse, Karl E. 1895 - 1951

Military Service WWI
Karl lost his left leg while fighting in WWI in France - from grenade
Notes from Ted Rouse (Nephew)
Karl lost a leg above the knee and wore a metal leg the rest of his life. He would remove the prosthesis and swim very well.
Both Karl and his wife Theresa were caretakers of the Post Office, Tillsonburg, Ont. The post office was on the main floor, govt. offices on the 2nd floor, and their apt. above this on the 3rd floor. Uncle Karl went up and down all those stairs faster than most folk can. The 2 of them were real heroes. Source: Ted Rouse, Ripley, Ont.

Received correspondence from gt Grand son Ashley Rouse pertaining to this family's descendants in 2010

Karl married Theresa Sarah Ann Jones on 27 Nov 1918 in Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. Theresa was born on 1 Mar 1898 in St Olave, London, England, United Kingdom; died in 1981 in Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Tillsonburg Cemetery, Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: School teacher/principal
• Military: Between 1914 and 1918; Reg. # 334913, Acc 1992-93 166, Box 8499-14
• Residence: Aft 1918; Hamilton, Ontario

Notes:

Birth Certificate: OVS Reg # 031334. Pg 307 & 308
Name: Basil Evered Rouse,
Sex: Male
Date: May 31, 1897
Father: Edward George Rouse, Farmer
Mother: Charity Weeks
Physician: Dr. Sinclair
Informant: Edward G. Rouse
Registered: June 7 1897


*1901 Census 93 Norfolk, d-2 Tillsonburg, page 10, Line 48*
Rouse, Basil E., Male, White, Son, Single, Born 31 May 1897, Age 3

1911 census, Ontario, Oxford South, District 37, Tillsonburg, Page 1
Rouse, Basil, Male, Son, Single, Born May 1897, Age 14, German, Canadian, Methodist

Source for occupation/residence was Basil's son, Edgar (Ted) Basis Rouse/2001
Regiment Number 334913
RG 150, 1992-93/166
Basil also served overseas in WWI, Lived in Hamilton after the war, was a School principal in Hamilton.

Basil was awarded the Deed of Action for award of Distinguished Conduct Medal to No. 234913 Bombardier B.E. Rouse, stamped Sep 25, 1920, Canada
During the night of 5th, 6th September, 1918, he was in charge of a wagon hauling ammunition, when the enemy put a heavy fire on this area. Owing to his coolness and careful leading the wagon and horse were got away without casualties to personnel or equipment.

Notes from son Ted Rouse
" after the Great War, Dad was returned home and discharged. Under govt. sponsorship, he completed his High School in Hamilton, Ont and then Normal School. Dad went onto be a teacher and then principal for the Hamilton School Board. He earned a BA through night and summer school.
Further notes from Ted Rouse - 2005
The 4 oldest boys (Ray, Karl, Stewart & Basil) enlisted in the Army. GrandDad (Edward George Rouse) got my Father out as he was needed at home to help with the harvest. After the next spring planting was finished, Dad (Basil) re-enlisted in the Artillery. He fought in many terrible battles of WWII and was awarded the Distinquished Conduct Medal - 2nd in honour to the Victoria Cross. Dad enlisted as a healthy farm lad of 175 lbs - Mother was never able to get him over 140 lbs after the War.


Obituary:
Rouse, Basil Everd
At his late residence 4 Daleview Court on Monday, October 26, 1970, Basil Everd Rouse, in his 74th year. Beloved husband of Gladys Lowry and dear Father of Edgar, Ripley Ontario, Mrs Lyle Plumb (Diane) Sarnia and Dr. Frank Rouse, Oakville. Dear Brother of Lavell, Hamilton; Edwin, Tillsonburg and Harry of Saskatchewan. Also survived by 8 granchildren. Mr. Rouse was a public school teacher and principal in Hamilton for 41 years, retiring in 1961. Served overseas in World War I and awarded the D. C. M. Member of Westdale United Church and former Steward. Life member of King Hiram Lodge No 78 AF and AM Tillsonburg. Friends may call at the Swackhamer and Hilts Funeral Home. 1341 Main Street West (at Emerson Street). Service in the chapel on Thursday at 2 pm. Interment White Chapel Memorial Gardens. Flowers gratefully declined. Donations to the Ontario Society for Crippled Children would be preferred.

Basil married Gladys Lowery about 1928. Gladys (daughter of P. Lowry and E.E. Nash) was born on 24 Oct 1898 in Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Dec 1981 in Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Supt. of Public School Board, Hamilton, Ont.

Notes:

Birth Certificate: OVS Births 1899, Page 643, Reg # 029586
#15 on page
Name: Rouse, Lavell Evert
Sex: Male
Date: April 13 1899
Father: Edward Geo. Rouse, Farmer
Mother: Charity Weeks
Informant: Ed. G. Rouse
Registered: 11 May 1899




*1901 Census 93 Norfolk d-2 Tillsonburg, Page 10, Line 44*
Rouse, Lavell E.Male,White, Son, Single, Born 13 Apr. 1900, Age 1

1911 Census, Ontario, Oxford South, District 37, Page 1
Rouse, Laval, Male, Daughter*, Single, Born Apr 1899, Age 12, German,
Canadian, Methodist

Lavel was a Superintendant of Public Schools in Education, Hamilton, Ont.

Obituary:
Rouse, Lavell E.
At McMaster Medical centre on Friday, December 2, 1983, Lavell E. Rouse, in his 85th year. Beloved Husband of the former Lida M. Best. Dear Father of Dr. Wayne Rouse of Hamilton, Dr. Glen Rouse of Vancouver B.C. and predeceased by one daughter, Patrician. Also surviving are five grandchildren, Clayton, Alan and Michelle Rouse and Shauna and Lorna Woolley. Mr. Rouse was a Principal and Superintendant with the Board of Education for 44 years prior to his retirement and was Past Master of Ancient Land Marks Lodge, an affiliate member of Acocia Lodge, secretary of Masters and Wardens Association. He was also a member and elder of Westdale United Church and a founding member of the Christian Education there. Friends will be received by the family at the Swackhamer & Hilts-Blachford & Wray Funeral Home, 1341 Main Street West (opposite McMaster) from 2-4 pm and 7-9 pm on Sunday, December 4, 1983. Service in the Chapel on Monday at 1 pm. Interment in White Chapel Memorial Gardens. At the request of the family the casket will remain closed. As expressions of sympathy, donataions to the charity of your choice would be appreciated by the Family.

Lavell married Lida Matilda Best on 3 Jul 1926 in St Catharines, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada. Lida was born on 25 Mar 1904 in Benito, Manitoba, Canada; died on 20 Aug 2002 in St Joseph Villa, Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 23 Aug 2002 in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1930; Farmer in Saskatchewan

Notes:

Harry never married. Farmed in Saskatchewan.

Margaret Craven was executor of his estate

Land Documents:
File# 274154
Patent for SE1/4, Section 34 in Twp 54 of Range 26 West of the 3rd Meridian (160 acres) issued to Harry Ernest Rouse Esq., Fort PItt, SK on 30 September 1930, 16 x 18 log house, lumber granary, cow barn. Have these documents hw

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter

Notes:

Birth Certificate: MS929_169
Rouse, Edwin Weeks, born on 1st Oct 1904 to Edward Geo Rouse & Charity Weeks, Oxford Cty., Ontario







Burial: Tillsonburg Cemetery
Rouse, Edwin W. 1904 - 1979


Notes from Ted Rouse
Edwin Weeks, as a young man spent a year in the Hamilton Sanitorium. Uncle Ed worked for Margaret Craven's folks in tobacco harvest as a curer. He worked as a carpenter on his own. Uncle Ed married late in life.

Family/Spouse: Bertha H. Parsons Doucette. Bertha was born on 4 May 1903; died in 1996. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Donald inherited the farm from his folks and changed the farm from mixed sustenance farming to a specialized tobacco farm. A nephew Ted (Edgar Basil Rouse) worked here when he was a teenager. His pay was $6.00 + board per day. Ted states how very fond he was of Donald and his wife Irene (Sandham). Irene's Dad was John Sandham - a great guy. Apparently John lied about his age and served in WW1 and lied again and served in WWII.
Don Sandham family lived 1/2 mile South of the home farm where Don and Irene farmed.
This exerpt was written for me by Ted (Edgar Basil Rouse) at Xmas 2002.

Family/Spouse: Florence Irene Sandham. Florence (daughter of J. Sandham and I. Swayer) was born on 4 Jul 1921; died in 1997. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: David Leslie Cowan. David (son of L. Cowan and N. Pettinger) was born on 5 Jan 1918; died in Jun 2001; was buried in Eden Cemetery, Bayham Twp, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1944; Tobacco farming
• Occupation: Between 1949 and 1999; Commercial Agricultural Pilot

Notes:

Thomas married his cousin Mamie Ann (Rouse) Allen, and subsequently
adopted her son Kenneth George Allen; thus Kenneth George Allen and Kenneth Allen Craven are the same individual.


Thomas Ray Craven is an experienced pilot, flys all over Canada, has done spraying, fire fighting, transporting of oil people to the North, much of this he has done in his middle years. He has maintained ownership on part of the 'farm', but sold portions of the lot as well.

Ray Craven marks 50 years as a Commercial Ag. Pilot
Ag. Pilot is Agricultural spraying, seeding and fertilizer applications; at one time employed by Can Ag Applicators, located Northeast of Delhi * Marg Craven (Sister) says "Thos. Ray sprayed the newly planted trees in N. Ontario with spray to kill weeds and brush to let the new trees get a good start."

Thomas was forced to drop out of high school late in his final year to take over the family's farm after his Father took sick. He took his flying lessons in London, Ont. He was able to take his first solo flight after just four hours with an instructor. Craven credits his instructor, a pilot trainer during the Second World War and later commanding officer of London's Reserve Squadron for teaching him all the right things. Ray obtained his private pilots license in 1947. Three years later, 1950 he obtained his commercial licence, and all the while, he contd working as a tobacco grower on what had now become his farm. For a few years he contd. farming and flying, doing mainly crop dusting jobs, but in time it became too much and his sister and brother -in-law started looking after the farming operations.
His work experience was crop dusting, spraying against spruce budworms in NB, tobacco spraying, pea crop spraying and mosquito spraying in Moncton and Dorval Airport. Later he was involved in aerial seeding and fertilizing; crops such as wheat and ginseng.

Source: Excerpt from The Tillsonburg News, Friday, October 22, 1999; page 3

Family/Spouse: Mamie Ann (Rouse) Allen. Mamie (daughter of Raymond Earl Rouse and Theresa Hayes) was born on 15 Sep 1939; died in 1996; was buried in Tillsonburg Cemetery, Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: School teacher

Notes:

Source: Margaret Craven (sister to Grace)
Grace was a teacher and taught at the Ostrander Stradfordville Eden School; also at the Public Anadale High School.

Also Birth source is Margaret Craven

Family/Spouse: Robert George Hart. Robert was born on 27 Nov 1927; died in 2000. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mamie's first husband was George Allen

Mamie's second husband was her cousin Thomas Ray Craven

Family/Spouse: Thomas Ray Craven. Thomas (son of Thomas Freeburn Craven and Mamie Elizabeth Rouse) was born on 30 Sep 1924 in Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Nov 2010 in Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Tillsonburg Cemetery, Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: G. Allen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: G.W. Johnson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Burial: Tillsonburg Cemetery
Ida Rouse Bradfield 1921 - 1960

Family/Spouse: G. Bradfield. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Burial: Tillsonburg Cemetery
Rouse, Edward A. 1923 - 1995
"Together Forever"

The front page of the July 27, 1944 edition of The Tillsonburg News:
far right of the page is a picture and short entry about Edward, a member of the Royal Canadian Navy, who was taken as a German prisoner of war after the sinking of his ship, the HMCS Athabaskan, on April 29, 1944.
At the time the destroyer Athabaskan was sunk, Edward was helping convoy supplies and troop ships to Russia. The ship sank in the English Channel after engaging with German destroyers and being torpedoed. Many of the seaman who went into the water that cold April day were rescued within 15 minutes of the sinking by the Athabaskan's sister ship the Haida, whose crew risked their own safety to pluck as many survivors from the water as possible. Edward, however, wasn't among those rescued by the Haida, and though he had all but given up hope of survival, was saved from the icy water by a German ship. Ed was a stoker on the Athabaskan.
According to Ruth (Ed's wife), the ship's captain went against orders and stopped to pick up remaining survivors. Once on board, said Ruth, the soldiers, near exhaustion, were cleaned and showered by the Germans. They were then transported to a prisoner of war camp near Bremen, Germany, where they would spend the next year of their lives.
Life in the prison camp was anything but luxurious. The walls of the camp were high and covered in barbed wire, and signs informed would-be escapees that they would be shot without hesitation if they tried to make a run for it. Soldiers in the camp were subjected to lengthy and strenuous exercise, said Ruth, and some died of exhaustion because of it. Those who survived the persistent exercise lived on minimal food.
Edward survived and made his way home after the war, where he met Ruth and they were married.
Edward suffered many nightmares from his war experiences. He sought help from a psychiatrist when he was 62 years. Following his retirement, Ed's health deteriorated rapidly; he became sedentary, and at times, wouldn't eat. Doctors tested him for numerous diseases and conditions, they could find nothing wrong. Edward died at the age of 72, and his wife Ruth feels the memories of war killed him.
Excerpt from The Tillsonburg Independence News, Monday, Nov 13, 2000, page 4

Notes from Ashley Rouse, January 2010 - Grand Son
Edward joined the Navy and served aboard HMCS Athabascan. His ship participated in convoys across the Atlantic and up to Murmansk, Russia. The ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel, but my Grandfather was plucked from the water by German Sailors. He spent almost a year in a P.O.W. camp in Germany before returning home to Tillsonburg at the end of the war. He was an electrician who worked for hydro

Edward married R.B. Brown [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Tombstone Marker shared with his parents, Theresa A. and Karl E. Rouse

Pte Harry E Rouse, 1925 - Killed overseas 1945.

The front page of the July 27, 1944 edition of The Tillsonburg News:
Photo and article of Harry Rouse, a 19 yr old Canadian Armed Forces soldier who died of wounds sustained in the Battle of France on July 8, 1944.

Harry was with the R.C.I.C. (Royal Canadian Infantry Corps) North Shore, NB

In Memory of Private Harry Rouse, who died on July 8, 1944
Military Service:
Service Number: A/108145
Age: 19
Force: Army
Unit: North Shore (New Brunswick ) Regiment R.C.I.C,
Division: R.C.I.C.

"It was on the coast just to the North that the 3rd Canadian Division landed on 6th June 1944; on that day, 335 officers and men of that division were killed in action or died of wounds. In this cemetery are the graves of Canadians who gave their lives in the landings in Normandy and in the earlier stages of the subsequent campaign. There are a total of 2048 burials in Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery." Veteran Affairs Canada, Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Additional Info:
Son of Karl E. and Theresa Rouse, husband of Norah Evelyn Rouse of Tillsonburg, Ontario

Commemorated on Page 433 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance

Burial Information
Beny-Sur-Mer- Canadian War Cemetery
Grave Reference: XV.A.9.

Family/Spouse: N.E. Herron. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Mill worker/ salesman for stationary/seeds
• Residence: Between 2001 and 2002; Ripley, Ontario N0G 2R0 Box 152

Notes:

Preferred name - "Ted"

Very arthritic with spinal stenosis; several surgeries, takes many medications for his condition, and as of 2001 spends long periods in bed for comfort. He is cared for by his wife, Margaret

Ted told me per phone conversation that he was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario

Met Ted and Margaret on our Ontario September visit, 2004. Ted is now confined to bed, has spinal stenosis and unfortunately contacted a severe flu Dec, 2003, admitted to hosp, and was so ill, wasn't able to walk, thus became bedridden from then on. Home care comes in daily morning and night to meet his needs. Margaret creates a magnificent garden front and back as her therapy to keep her mind off Ted's deterioration.


Death:
Ted Rouse died 27 April 2009 (email recd from Shelagh Rouse - Granddaughter) Cause of Death pneumonia & leukemia

Family/Spouse: M. Davidson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: B.A. Robertson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: L.G. Plumb. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: C. Crooks. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Death, 1965, in Brazil

Family/Spouse: C.A. Woolley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: M.A. Arnold. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: E.G. Stewart. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: E. Mitchell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]