Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Clara Rebecca Spriggs

Female 1874 - 1958  (84 years)


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  • Name Clara Rebecca Spriggs 
    Born 1874  Lavendon, , Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Cause: Cause: Heart Attack 
    Buried 6 Nov 1958  Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I341221  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Family Ernest Hooton,   b. 15 Jun 1871, Bozeart, Northamptonshire Co., England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jul 1961, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married CALC 26 Dec 1897  Wollaston, Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Harold Sydney "Sydney" Hooton,   b. 1900, Wollaston, , Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Reginald Hooton,   b. 13 Nov 1901, , Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1967, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     3. Norah Gertrude Hooton,   b. 14 Jun 1911, Wollaston, , Northampton, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1997, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    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

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      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 
    1. [S367] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Ayr - Ayr Public CC#4489 Internet Link .
      Hooton/ Clara R. Spriggs/ 1874 - 1958/ beloved wife of/ Ernest Hooton/ 1871 - 1961

    2. [S2556] News - ON, Waterloo, Ayr - Ayr News (1897- ), Obituary of Clara Rebecca Spriggs - Hooton - 6 Nov 1958, pg 9.

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1874 - Lavendon, , Buckinghamshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - CALC 26 Dec 1897 - Wollaston, Northampton, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Cause: Heart Attack - 4 Nov 1958 - AYR, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 6 Nov 1958 - Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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