Cleric.
Born at Williamsburg, Ontario on 24 February 1869, son of Canon Edwin Loucks and Harriet Margaret Muckleston, he was educated at Trinity College School (Port Hope, Ontario) and University of Trinity College (Toronto) and was ordained a Deacon on 28 June 1891. He was made a Priest by Bishop Sweatman of Toronto on 26 February 1893. He served as the Curate at St. John’s, Peterboro (1890-1893), Priest Vicar of Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa (1893-1902), and Rector of St. Matthew’s, Ottawa (1902-1913) prior to being Rector of All Saints Winnipeg (1913-1925). He was later called to be Rector of Holy Trinity Church, Toronto.
On 4 July 1894, he married Harriet Alice Pipe (1866-1936) and they had three children: Frances Mary Loucks (1897-?, wife of ? Holland), Constance Loucks (1895-1994, wife of ? Woodman), and Arthur Hamilton Loucks (1903-1986).
He died in August 1938 and was buried in the Woodlawn Memorial Park at Guelph, Ontario.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
Obituary [Harriet Alice Loucks], Ottawa Citizen, 10 February 1936, page 1.
“Canon W. M. Loucks funeral rites held,” Toronto Daily Star, 5 August 1938, page 6.
Obituary [Arthur Hamilton Loucks], Toronto Star, 1 February 1986, page 27.
Obituary [Constance Woodman], Ottawa Citizen, 10 November 1994.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 7 April 2024
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