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Catherine Claude "Cay" Wilks

Female 1917 - 2003  (85 years)


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  • Name Catherine Claude "Cay" Wilks 
    Born 2 Nov 1917  Chateau des Brosses, Oest Coste, Tours, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/245344663 
    Name Catherine Claude "Cay" Haywood 
    Name Catherine Claude "Cay" Thomson 
    Name Cay Wilks 
    Residence 1962  Scarborough, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-389179 
    Died 13 Jan 2003  Cambridge, , Washington, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I389179  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Eugene Langdon "Langdon" Wilks,   b. 9 Dec 1855, , New York State, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1934, Tours, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Marguerite Roberta Briquet,   b. 16 May 1880,   d. 28 Apr 1961, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married , France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F35258  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Robert Alfred Haywood,   b. 16 Aug 1919, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1945, Portlethen, , Kincardine, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years) 
    Married Sep 1941  Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F53309  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Garth Osborne Thomson,   b. 5 Sep 1916, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1997, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F262820  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • THOMSON, Catherine Claude WILKS, HAYWOOD

      On Monday, Jan. 13, 2003, at St. Luke's Place Nursing Home, Cambridge, in her 86th year.

      Born on Nov. 2, 1917 at Chateau des Brosses, Oest Coste, Tours, France to Margurite Roberta Briquet Wilks and Eugene Langdon Wilks. Attended Branksome Hall in Toronto, married Robert Alfred Haywood (1918) in September 1941, went overseas with the Red Cross during the Second World War and was sent home to Vancouver in March 1945 due to pregnancy. Robert Haywood killed in May daughter, Lynn, born in September. Came east in 1949 to Langdon Hall, moved to Toronto in 1961, married Garth Osborn Thomson in February 1954, son Graham born May 1955. Active in St. Leonard's (Toronto), St. John's and Trinity (Cambridge) Anglican churches, Toronto General Hospital Women's Auxiliary, Red Cross, Red Feather, Canadian Cancer Society and various other charities.

      Cay Thomson sold Langdon Hall in the mid 80's and remained in Blair at Fallbrook House until 1992 when she and her family moved to Brant Street South, Cambridge. Husband Garth Thomson died in February 1998. Cay Thomson moved into Queen Square Terraces in March 1999 where she lived until December 2001. After a three month stay in Cambridge Memorial Hospital she then went to St. Luke's Place Cambridge

      The complete funeral service will be conducted at Trinity Anglican Church 12 Blair Rd, Cambridge on Saturday Jan. 18, 2003 at 11 a.m with Rev. Robert Grisdale officiating.

      In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the charity of your choice. Cards available through the Barthel Funeral Home, Cambridge, 653-3251.

      The Globe and Mail from Jan. 16 to Jan. 17, 2003.

      https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/catherine-thomson-obituary?pid=189768536

  • Sources 
    1. [S2598] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Trinity Anglican Cemetery Internet Link.
      [East] WILKS/ Marguerite R. BRIGUET/ wife of/ E. Langdon WILKS/ May 16, 1880 - Apr. 28, 1961/
      [South] Marguerite McGuire/ daughter of/ Claud and Anne/ June 18, 1946 - Dec. 5, 1956/
      [West] Anne M. McGUIRE/ 1919 - 1958/ Marguerite M. McGUIRE/ dau. 1946 - 1956/
      [North] Catherine Claude/ WILKS HAYWOOD THOMSON/ Nov. 2, 1913 - Jan. 13, 2003/

    2. [S80] News - ON, Elgin, St. Thomas - St. Thomas Times Journal, 6 September 1941.
      Married - Robert Alfred Haywood, son of Dr A. K. Haywood to Miss Catherine Claude Wilks, daughter of E. Landgon Wilks

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Sep 1941 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1962 - Scarborough, York Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Jan 2003 - Cambridge, , Washington, New York, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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