Clara Rebecca Spriggs

1874 - 1958  (84 years)

• Name	Clara Rebecca Spriggs
  Born	1874	Lavendon, , Buckinghamshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171354103
  Name	Clara Rebecca Hooton
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-341221
  Died	4 Nov 1958	Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  	Cause: Cause: Heart Attack
  Buried	6 Nov 1958	Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I341221	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Ernest Hooton,   b. 15 Jun 1871, Bozeart, Northamptonshire Co., England ,   d. 16 Jul 1961, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Married	CALC 26 Dec 1897	Wollaston, Northampton, England   [2]
  Children	1. Harold Sydney "Sydney" Hooton,   b. 1900, Wollaston, , Northampton, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Reginald Hooton,   b. 13 Nov 1901, , Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 12 Dec 1967, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)   3. Norah Gertrude Hooton,   b. 14 Jun 1911, Wollaston, , Northampton, England ,   d. 10 Jan 1997, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F248753	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Died At her home in Ayr, on Tuesday, November 4, 1958 Clara Rebecca Spriggs beloved wife of Ernest Hooton, in her 85th year. The Funeral (Private) Will be held from the W. O. Ball Funeral Parlor. Ayr, on Thursday, November 6th, at 2.30 p.m. Interment in Ayr Cemetery. Waterloo Historical Society Death Notices Collection - photocopies ___________________ Mrs. Ernest Hooton Passes Mrs. Ernest Hooton, one of Ayr's oldest residents, died suddenly at her home early Tuesday morning as a result of a heart attack. In her 85th year, Mrs. Hooton had suffered previous attacks which had left her in a condition of ailing health. The former Clara Rebecca Spriggs, she was born in Lavendon, Buckinghamshire, England, and later moved to the shoemaking center of Wollaston in neighboring Northamptonshire. Here she was married in 1897, and when the shoe industry slumped they moved to Canada with their young family in 1911. After living at Blandford Station, Woodstock and Toronto for several years, they returned to Ayr in 1918, where they resided since. One of the happiest moments of her life came on December 26, 1957, when the couple marked their 60th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Hooton was regarded as a fine neighbor and friend by a wide circle of acquaintances in the village. Her interests lay mainly within the household, and in later years spent many happy hours with her great-grandchildren. Surviving, besides her husband, are two sons, Sydney of Brantford and Reginald of Ayr; one daughter, Mrs. William Irwin (Norah) of Ayr; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The funeral service (private) will be held at the W.O. Ball Funeral Parlor on Thursday, at 2: 30 pm, with interment in Ayr Cemetery. The Ayr News - Nov 6, 1958, pg 9

  
  

• Sources

  [S367] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Ayr - Ayr Public CC#4489 Internet Link . Hooton/ Clara R. Spriggs/ 1874 - 1958/ beloved wife of/ Ernest Hooton/ 1871 - 1961 [S2556] News - ON, Waterloo, Ayr - Ayr News (1897- ), Obituary of Clara Rebecca Spriggs - Hooton - 6 Nov 1958, pg 9.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1874 - Lavendon, , Buckinghamshire, England Married - CALC 26 Dec 1897 - Wollaston, Northampton, England Died - Cause: Cause: Heart Attack - 4 Nov 1958 - AYR, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 6 Nov 1958 - Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth