Joseph Weeks and Anna Elizabeth Green |
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Name: | Joseph Weeks |
| Birth: | 6.25.1844 | |
| Death: | 2.23.1891 | |
| Grave: | Pembroke Methodist Cemetery | |
| Spouse: | Anna Elizabeth Green | |
| Birth: | c.1841 | |
| Death: | Oct 24, 1918 | |
| Grave: | Mound Grove Cemetery, Kankakee, Ill | |
| Marriage: | July 12, 1871 | |
| Parents: | Joseph: Edward Fullerton Weekes and Mary Jane McAuley Ann: James and Ellen Green |
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| Children: | Albert James Weeks and William Joseph Weeks | |
| Joseph's Death Registry Anna's Obituary |
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| left - right: William, Anna, Albert's son, Albert's wife, Albert - c. 1897 | ||
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Details about the lives of Joseph and Anna are just emerging as we learn more of the family that moved to Kankakee, Illinois. Joseph and Anna (a widow) were married in 1871 in Brockville ON by Rev. J. White of Smiths Falls. In 1877, they moved to Farmersville (now Athens, Ontario) to start a shoemaking business. (Kennedy). This is the same family that is found on the 1881 Elmsley Township census (the first source for the names of the children).
[Note: With Joseph's family, the spelling of the last name changed to "Weeks" from "Weekes".]
In 1891, Joseph died and was buried at Pembroke Ontario. We don't know the nature of their activities in Pembroke.
Some time between 1892 and 1895, Anna, Albert and William moved to Kankakee (why is unknown, and whether they all moved at once is unknown), where they settled for life. Anna kept house for a farmer near Chebanse for a few years, and then for Hiram Richardson for 19 years. Albert died of typhoid in 1897 but William had a family that carries on to this day.
A few details on Anna Elizabeth (Green) Weeks of Kankakee, wife of Joseph Weeks:
1851 Census of Leeds, Lansdowne Rear Twp:
HER PARENTS:
James C. Green Age 48yrs; Born Ireland; Church of England; Farmer
Jane Age 41yrs Born Ireland
THEIR CHILDREN, all born CW (Canada West?):
Samuel; 16yrs
Ann Eliza; 11yrs
Charlotte; 9yrs
John; 8yrs
Brock; 6yrs
Edward Jas.; 1yr
There are other Greens in another household who could be her Grandparents, Uncle & Aunt and a cousin:
John 74yrs
Hannah 73yrs
William 31yrs
Hannah 24yrs
Cenith Ann 2yrs
And another possible uncle & family:
Samuel 32yrs Ire
Elizabeth 32yrs US
Jonathan 4yrs CW
Aaron 3yrs CW
Each male head of household is listed as Farmer; all family members are Church of England.
Anna's sister Charlotte married an Andrews, was widowed, and also moved to Kankakee. On the Government of Manitoba website, vital records, is a death record for Edward James Green, died Dec 12, 1925, age 74 at RM Morton (Regional Municipality of Morton), Reg#1925, 052336.
Lanark Co., 1871
Vol 13 Pg 273 (Lanark Co.) Joseph WEEKS, 27, shoemaker, South Elmsley, South Elmsley, s/o Edward and Mary Jane, married Ann Eliza MOORHOUSE, 27, widow, Lansdowne, South Elmsley, d/o James C. and Jane GREEN, witn: Henry FRAYNE and Jane A. WEEKS, both of South Elmsley, 12 July 1871 at Smiths Falls.
Marriage Details:
WEEKES, Joseph (groom)
Record ID: 355725
Age: 26
Residence: South Elmsley
Place of Birth: Canada
Occupation: Bachelor, Farmer
Religion: Presbyterian
Parents: Ed F. Weekes & Eliza A. MacCauley
GREEN, Ann E. (bride)
Age: 30
Residence: South Elmsley
Place of Birth: Canada
Occupation: Widow
Religion: English Church (Anglican)
Parents: James Green & Ellen Green
Witnesses: Henry Fragne/Trayne; James Weekes (sic); both of South Elmsley
Married: 12 July 1871, Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario
Comments: by license, by Reverand J. White, Smith Falls
Event: #vom140
Source: Transcribed from the microfilm of original documents held in the collection of the Archives of Ontario
(Toronto); mfm group MS932, reel 4, unit 80-5-0-13, vol. 12, page 345.
1891 census 113g family 451
@ca.on.renfrew.pembroke_town page 108 film T6365 lds1465790
electoral district of Renfrew North
9 WEEKS {?} Annie E. f 47 widow - Ont Ire Ire Meth
10 WEEKS James A. m 17 - son Ont Ont Ont Meth drygoods clerk
11 WEEKS William J. m 10 - son Ont Ont Ont Meth
1900 Census, Kankakee, Illinois, Ward 1, Microfilm T623-312:
| Page | 89A | 89A |
| Line | 13 | 14 |
| Street | Oak Street | Oak Street |
| HS# | 319 | 319 |
| Last Name | Richardson | Weekes |
| First Name | H. L. | Mrs. Anna |
| Relation | Head | Servant |
| Birth Month | July | Sept |
| Birth Year | 1843 | 1845 |
| Age | 56 | 54 |
| S-M-W-D | S | W |
| # Child | 6 | |
| # Child Living | 2 | |
| Birth Place | New York | Canada |
| Father Birth Place | Vermont | Scotland |
| Mother Birth Place | New York | Canada Eng. |
| Year Immigrated | 1899 | |
| Years US | 1 | |
| Occupation | Servant |
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Obituary - October 25, , 1918 Mrs. Anna Weeks, aged 80 years and well known resident of this city, died at 8:45 o'clock last night at her home, 159 N. Schuyler avenue, her demise being due to a stroke of paralysis which she suffered October 20. Mrs. Weeks was born at Landstown, Ontario, September 27, 1838. She was married to Joseph Weeks in 1870, her husband passing away 31 years ago. She moved here in 1895 and for 19 years was housekeeper for Hiram Richardson, now deceased. A son, Albert, died 21 years ago. She is survived by an aged sister, Mrs Charlotte Andrews of this city, a brother, who is resident of Vosvain, Manitoba, and a son, William Weekes, of this city. Funeral services will be conducted Monday morning at 10 o'clock from the residence, Rev. George H. McLung, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Mound Grove cemetery. |
Thanks to research in Illinois by Christine Meinert Spencer and Thelma Lunsford, we know the following about Weeks burials in Kankakee.
"... Today I found a Weeks buried in Mound Grove cemetery with the year date that you gave, 1897. In the mean-time I stopped at the Mound Grove cemetery to see what I could find out. There are several by the name of Weeks buried there but he (James) is not with them. There is a party named Weeks but no first name buried on 1 Dec 1897, without a marker. He is buried on a lot owned by Chas. F. Whitmore. His grave is Sec. 9, lot 40 NE corner of lot. No information on the cemetery records as to cause of death, did not have a place of birth listed. All it said was he lived in Kankakee. Now here is something else. He is in Sec. 9 and Albert & Anna Weeks own Sec. 9 1/2. There are several named Weeks on this lot. Anna was buried 28 Oct 1918 age 80. It doesn't seem that there is any connection to the two. ...
Thelma Lunsford, volunteer"
From the Master Cemetery List for Kankakee - all cemeteries and graves pre-1920, the following Weeks graves are recorded (no graves with "Weekes" as the spelling):
| Weeks, | 1897 | Mound Grove | - probably son James Albert Weeks |
| Weeks, Anna C. | 1918 | Mound Grove | - Anna Green |
| Weeks, George | 1889 | Mound Grove | - predates Anna's arrival |
| Weeks, Lydia | 1893 | Mound Grove | - predates Anna's arrival |
| Weeks, Lydia R. | 1893 | Mound Grove | - same as Lydia above? |
| Weeks, Russell | 1903 | Mound Grove | - could this be James Albert's son? |
| Weeks, Thomas | 1880 | Hawkins (Limestone) | - predates Anna's arrival |
| Weeks, Wm. J. | 1904 | Mound Grove | - son of William Joseph Weeks |
