Esther Elizabeth was born on April 27, 1913, at 12:30 a.m. in Armadale, Ontario. She is the daughter of John Beare, general merchant, and Wilhelmina Clayton. According to Esther's birth record, John and Wilhelmina were married at Dunbarton on February 22, 1913.
Esther married William Jim Hicks in 1937. Their marriage record reads:
William James Thomas Hicks, minister, 21, bachelor, residing on Dundas Street, Napanee, Ontario, born in Percy Township, Ontario, son of William H. Hicks and Gertie May Bright, married
Esther Elizabeth Beare, 23, spinster, residing in Milliken, Scarborough Township, Ontario, born in Armadale, Scarborough, Ontario, daughter of John Beare and Wilhelmina R. Clayton,
Witnesses: Russel J. Beare, Milliken, Ontario, and Jessie M. Hicks, Campbellford, Ontario,
In the Township of Scarboro in the County of York, on the 11th day of February, 1937.
She died two days after her 102nd birthday. Her obituary reads:
Edited to protect the privacy of surviving family.
Peacefully on April 29, 2015 at the age of 102 years. Beloved wife of the late Rev. W.J.T. Hicks. Loving mother to ... the late William Andrew. Predeceased by sisters Florence Toms, Beatrice Featherstone, Reiva Brown and Hazel Couperthwaite. Family and friends may visit at Dixon-Garland funeral Home, 166 Main St. N., Markham (905-294-2030), on Monday, May 4, 2015 from 7 - 9 p.m. and at the Malvern Methodist Church, 2 Morningview Trail, Scarborough, from 10 a.m. until the time of the Service in the church at 12 noon on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. If desired, in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Armadale Free Methodist Church, 400 Passmore Ave., Scarborough, ON.
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Profile created with first hand information as remembered by Wayne Burnie, Sunday, June 22, 2014.