Edga Jane Walker

1869 - 1938  (68 years)

• Name	Edga Jane Walker
  Birth	24 Sep 1869	Medonte Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	24 May 1938	Fairvalley, Medonte Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Burial	26 May 1938	St. George's Cemetery, Fairvalley, Medonte Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I14190	Whisperspast | Thomson
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2007

  
  

  Father	Daniel Walker,   b. 12 May 1841, Medonte Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. 24 Jul 1918, Near Creighton, Medonte Township ,Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Margaret Ann Thomson,   b. 28 Sep 1845, Knock, Westerkirk Parish, Dumfriesshire, Scotland d. 28 Jun 1933, Lot 9, Concession 11, Medonte Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	15 Oct 1867	Orillia, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F5353	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William George Mounsey Overend,   b. 3 Nov 1865, Medonte Township. Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. 4 Aug 1939, Fairvalley, Medonte Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	24 Jan 1900	Creighton, Medonte Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Dora Maud Janette Overend,   b. 27 Nov 1900, Medonte Twp., Simcoe, Ontario d. Abt 1968, Medonte Twp., Simcoe, Ontario (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F5356	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Notes

  aka Edia and Eliza. Marriage registration 014958 microfilm MS932 reel 102 Archives of Ontario. The ceremony was performed by Wm. Burns by lacense. Witnesses were Edmund J. Moon of Orillia and Ida M. Walker of Creighton. She was listed as Eliza Jane, a 32 year old resident of Creighton. Was living in Coldwater, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada in 1933 when her mother died. Buried in St George's Cemetery, Plot R12-4, Concession 11, Lot 10, Fair Valley, Medonte Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. The Orillia Packet and Times, Thursday, May 26, 1938, Archives of Ontario microfilm N39 reel 74NP, Page 4, Obituaries: MRS. GEORGE OVEREND The death of Mrs. George Overend occurred at her home, Fairvalley, Medonte on Tuesday afternoon, after an illness of about five months duration. Edga Jane Walker was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Walker, of Creighton, Medonte. She was in her seventieth year. Her early girlhood days were spent at her home at Creighton. In January of 1899, she was married to Mr. George Overend, of Fairvalley, and her married life has been spent in that district. She has been a faithful and active member of St. George's Church, Fairvalley, and the funeral this afternoon will be held from there, conducted by the Rev. W.J. Province. For a number of years she was on the executive of the Women's Auxiliary of the church, and her helping hand will be missed. Besides her husband she is survived by one daughter, Dora, Mrs. Earl Rose of Fairvalley. There are two sisters and four brothers, Mrs. Frank Rix and Mrs. Neil Matheson, Warminster, George Walker and David Walker, Orillia, Wilfred and Archie Walker of Creighton. The funeral service this afternoon from the church will be at two o'clock, standard time. Interment will be made in St. George's cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2001. date of birth for Edga Jane Walker [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2001. date of death for Edga Jane Walker [S64] according to R. Wayne Thomson database, photograph of tombstone taken in 2001. in St George's Cemetery, Fairvalley (date from obituary)