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Information from Kimberly Fraser, Kimberly Fraser's Ancestral File, RootsWeb WorldConnect Project.

History of the Wigle Family and Their Descendants, The Wigle Family, Kingsville, Ontario, 1931.

The Marriage Registers of Upper Canada/Canada West, Volume 14, Western District 1786-1856, Compiled by Dan Walker & Fawne Stratford-Devai, Global Heritage Press, Milton:
Marriages by Rev'd Henry Scratch, Episcopal Methodist Minister (p. 210):
Henry R. Scratch, to Mary Ann Fullman, both of Gosfield. 16 Dec. 1851. Rev. Scratch. Wit. Jame Loveless and Mary Scratch.

1861 personal census, Gosfield Twp, Essex Co., ON, 3-7:
Scratch Henry R., M, Married, 44, born U Canada, Methodist W;
Mary Ann, F, Married, 26, born U Canada, Methodist W;
Foster, M, Single, 18, born U Canada, Methodist W;
Thaddeus C., M, Single, 16, born U Canada, Methodist W;
Luke G., M, Single, 13, born U Canada, Methodist W;
Adolphus F., M, Single, 7, born U Canada, Methodist W;
Caroline A., F, Single, 5, born U Canada, Methodist W;
Adellia J., F, Single, 3, born U Canada, Methodist W.

1881 personal census, Gosfield Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Scratch Henry R., M, Married, 64, born Ont, origin: Scottish, C Methodist, Farmer;
Mary A., F, Married, 43, born Ont, origin: Dutch, C Methodist;
Minnie, F, 22, born Ont, origin: Dutch, C Methodist;
Maggie, F, 14, born Ont, origin: Dutch, C Methodist;
Lucinda, F, 17, born Ont, origin: Dutch, C Methodist.

1901 personal census, Gosfield South Twp, Essex Co., ON, G2-4:
Scratch Mary A., F, Widowed, 9 Dec 1835, 65, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth;
Mary M., F, daughter, Single, 17 Oct 1858, 42, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth;
Maggie, F, daughter, Single, 21 Oct 1869, 31, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth;
Fulmer Stephen M., M, brother, Single, 18 Aug 1840, 60, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth, Farm Lab.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers, Toronto, 1905, p. 299-300:
Frederick A. Scratch, of Gosfield South, County Essex, is one of the well-known members of the old and honorable pioneer family of that name, and is a son of Henry Ryan Scratch and grandson of Peter Scratch.
      Peter Scratch was born Nov. 29, 1786, in Trenton, Michigan, and was a child when the family settled on the lake shore in Gosfield... On May 3, 1808, he married Mary Wigle, born June 19, 1793, in Gosfield, who died June 3, 1872, and they had children as follows: ... Henry Ryan, born Oct. 6, 1817, is mentioned below...
      Henry Ryan Scratch was born Oct. 6, 1817, on Lot 4, East Division, Gosfield township, and received his educational training in the Master McMurray school. When he started farming he bought thirty acres in Lot 4, which is now the G. W. Coatsworth farm. This property had been but little improved, and he immediately set to work clearing the land and erecting buildings, continuing there until 1858, when he had an excellent opportunity to trade this farm for one of 100 acres in Lot 6, Concession 2. Here he built a log house of such a substantial nature that it stood the storms of years, being demolished by our subject in 1872, its site being occupied by his present handsome residence. To his disappointment, Mr. Scratch found, after settling on this farm, that but two or three acres could be cultivated, the greater part of the tract being under water. In the following summer he organized what was called a logging bee, and our subject, then but a boy, recalls that these neighbours were present: Michael J. Wigle, Adam R. Wigle, Dr. Andrew Wigle, John D. Wigle, Al.. Scratch, Digney Rodgers, Joseph and John Scratch. This gathering of men resulted in the piling up of all the logs lying around, with the exception of those too deeply imbedded in mud and water. Later in the season the father cleared up the wettest place, at which time he left standing a small hickory twig, saying to our subject that he would leave it so that his grandchildren could gather nuts there. It is still standing, long surviving the kind man who was thus thoughtful for his posterity, and is well cared for by Mr. Scratch. The land was finally all cleared and drained by its owner, but the last years of his life were passed on a small place he bought just east of Kingsville, his death occurring Jan 31, 1901.
      Henry Ryan Scratch married Elizabeth Black, who was born Oct. 10, 1823, in Ireland, and died March 21, 1851, and to them were born children as follows: Alpheus married Lucinda Augustine, and had three children, Henry, Ada and Maggie; Thaddeus married Harriet Malott, and had four children, Nellie, Cyrenus, Carl and Zadah; Louis married Clarissa Augustine, and had Amos, Hardy, Hardy (2), Leslie and Arthur. The second marriage of Mr. Scratch was to Mary Ann Fulmer, born Dec. 8, 1834, who survived her husband. They had children: Jerome, deceased; Frederick Adolphus; Caroline, who married Robert Augustine; Mary Adeline and Margaret, residing with the mother; and Lucinda, who married A. E. Montgomery, of Toronto.
      Frederick Adolphus Scratch was born March 17, 1854, on Lot 4, and was four years old when the family removed to the 2nd Concession. Although a mere child, he remembers the prevailing conditions during the first years of their residence there. His school advantages were necessarily limited, but he recalls one teacher with affection, a Miss Coatsworth, who now resides at Leamington. In time he came into possession of seventy acres in Lot 6, which he has continued to improve and make more and more valuable with substantial buildings, etc. It is almost impossible to realize that the present well cultivated, productive farm was, until 1858, a wilderness. With the exception of two years, when he was engaged in the grocery business at Ruthven, Mr. Scratch has always followed farming and is justly regarded as one of the leading agriculturists of his locality. His interests have been too closely centered in his vocation to admit to any very active work in politics, on which he entertains liberal views. He is thoroughly interested in the advancement of education and served for six years as trustee of School Section No. 3. For many years he has been a faithful worker in the Methodist Church at Ruthven, and for the past twelve years has been assistant of the Sunday-school.
      On March 2, 1881, Mr. Scratch married Annabelle Odell, of Detroit, Michigan, who was born there May 28, 1859, daughter of James and Roxie (Palmer) Odell, of Quebec and the County of Essex, respectively. The former was a mechanic in Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. Scratch have three children: Arthur Harrison, born Aug. 18, 1888, who was until some two months ago holding a responsible position at Windsor, when, without any warning, he suffered from a stroke of paralysis, which all of his many friends trust will not be of long duration; Ada Roxie, born March 2, 1895; and Florence Barbara, born Juy 18, 1899.

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John Casper Fulmer 1775-ca 1838   Margaret Ann Fox 1775-    
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Adam Fulmer 1809-1881   Barbara Stewart 1813-1894
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Mary Ann Fulmer 1835-1905