William Nelson Weeks

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Between 1900 and 1960; Farmer
• 1901 Census: 1901, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; 1901 Canadian Census
• 1911 Census: 1911, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; 1911 Canadian Census
• Residence: 1914, Bayham Twp, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
• 1921 Census: 1921, Bayham Twp, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada; 1921 Canadian Census

Notes:

Burial: Tillsonburg Cemetery, Section H, Row E, # 7
Notes on back of parents'monument for William NelsonWeeks '
Wm N Weeks / 1879 - 1970 /
Allie / beloved wife of / Wm N Weeks / 1878 - 1920
Annie May Coulter / 1882 - 1943

Markers: Mother, Father, Annie Lewis
Source: Tillsonburg Cemetery Transcriptions Book, + Photos of Graves

*1901 Census 93 Norfolk, b-5 Dereham, page 7, Line 49*
Weeks, William N, Male, White, Son, Single, Born 6 May 1879, age 21, birthplace rural Ontario, Origin Scotch, Religion Church of England, Farmer


In the year 1900 another change took place. Another house was built on the Joseph Weeks farm, (lot 5) about 300 feet in front and south of the big house. Alice Best came home as the bride of William Weeks to this new house, on December 23, 1903. There were 2 sons born to this couple in this house.
Lewis Harold b March 15, 1905; William Wallace b October 21, 1907.
in 1914, William Weeks moved his family to a farm in Bayham Twp. and the house was sold to Mr. Thomas Fletcher and moved to his farm facing Cranberry Rd. It is the house where Mr. and Mrs. John Langrell live now.

Lewis 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.

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
Weeks, William, Male, Head, Married, Born May 1880, Age 31
Weeks, Alice, Female, Wife, Married, Born Apr 1878, Age 33
Weeks, Harold, Male, Son, Single, Born Mar 1905, Age 6
Weeks, Wallace, Male, Son, Single, Born Oct 1907, Age 3
Weeks, John, Male, Son, Single, Born Nov 1909, Age 1

1921 Canadian Census Ontario, East Elgin Bayham Twp; Page 8
William Weeks, Male, Widowed, Age 42, Birth abt 1879, Head
Address Lot 11-12, Conc 11
Farmer
Residing with his 2 Sons, Harold Weeks age 16 and Wallace Weeks age 13

William died on January 4, 1970, and the farm passed from the Weeks name about August of the same year.

Burial date source, Tillsonburg Cemetery, office, 2007

This farm was land granted from the Crown and in the Weeks name from 1832 to 1970, 138 years with never a mortage on it.

Source: Springfield Tweedsmuir Women's Institute pages 19 & 20.
Norwich Library, Archives District., Ostrander Womens Institute book.

1901 Census:
Age 21

1911 Census:
Age 31

Married

1921 Census:
Age 42 , Widower
Living with 2 sons Harold & Wallace

William married Alice Maude P. Best on 23 Dec 1903 in Source: Lds 1871523 Film, 014544-03. Alice (daughter of John Best and I. Crossett) was born in Apr 1878 in Bayham Twp, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada; died on 17 Mar 1920 in Bayham Twp, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 20 Mar 1920 in Tillsonburg Cemetery, Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

St Thomas Times Journal newspaper, 24 June 1936, Pg 8, Col 5
Marriage - Florence E. Charlton to Lewis Harold Weeks on 23 June 1936


Burial: Tillsonburg Cemetery, Section H, Row I, # 7
Weeks / L Harold Weeks / 1905 - 1983 /
Florence E Charlton / 1911 - 1984

Burial Date source, Tillsonburg Cemetery, office, 2007

Lewis married Florence Evelyn Charlton on 23 Jun 1936 in , , Ontario, Canada. Florence was born on 23 May 1911; died in 1984; was buried on 12 May 1984 in Tillsonburg Cemetery, Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• 1911 Census: 1911, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; 1911 Canadian Census
• 1921 Census: 1921, Bayham Twp, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada; 1921 Canadian Census

Notes:

Birth
Name: Weeks, William Wallace
Male
Date of Birth: October 21, 1907
Father: Wm N. Weeks, Lot $, Conc 9, Farmer
Mother: Phoebe Alice M. Best
Dr. Burnett
Location: Tilsonburg, Oxford Cty, Ont
Reg #034321
Reg. Date Dec 4 1907

Burial monument, shared with Merle (Wife)
Wallace 1907-1981 & Merle 1904-1978






Occupation Farmer near Tillsonburg, Retired and living in Tillsonburg
in 1972.

1911 Census:
Living with his Parents and Grandparents

Age 3 yrs

1921 Census:
Living with his Father and Brother

Age 13

William married Merle A. McFarlane on 21 Oct 1929 in Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. Merle (daughter of Henry O. McFarlane and Annetta C. Hilliker) was born on 9 Mar 1905 in Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1978; was buried in 1978 in Tillsonburg Cemetery, Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Perhaps died young, as cannot find a birth nor a death for this individual, only found him recorded with his parents on the 1911 census, South Oxford, Dereham, District 4, page 6 hw 2006

Family/Spouse: A.W. Boyes. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: A.R. Brown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

E.J. married A.H. Taylor [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

C.A. married A.E. Searls [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]