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M Nelson Fox

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

1881 personal census, Colchester South Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Fox John, M, Married, 36, born Ont, origin: German, C Presbyterian, Farmer;
Cordelia, F, Married, 33, born Ont, origin: German, C Presbyterian;
Nelson, M, 9, born Ont, origin: German, C Presbyterian;
Ellis, M, 7, born Ont, origin: German, C Presbyterian;
Ernest, M, 5, born Ont, origin: German, C Presbyterian.

1901 personal census, Colchester South Twp, Essex Co., ON, D2-8:
Fox Nelson, M, Married, 29 Jan 1872, 29, born Ont, origin: Dutch, Can, Ch of Eng, Farmer;
Jennie, F, wife, Married, 31 Aug 1875, 25, born Ont, origin: Irish, Can, Ch of Eng;
Norman A., M, son, Single, 13 Aug 1897, 3, born Ont, origin: Dutch, Can, Ch of Eng;
Carrie E., F, daughter, Single, 28 Apr 1900, 11/12, born Ont, origin: Dutch, Can, Ch of Eng.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 495-496:
Thompson Martin (deceased) was during his lifetime one of the popular farmers of Anderdon...
     Mr. Martin was born in Colchester township Dec. 7, 1850, son of Robert and Jane (Palon) Martin, who came from Ireland. Robert Martin and his wife were among the prominent old families of Colchester South and were members of the Church of England. They died at their home there, he Feb. 8, 1886, his wife in April, 1893...
     Mr. and Mrs. Martin were the parents of a large family of children: ... (5) Francis (deceased), born in Colchester, married Maggie Pettypiece, of Anderdon, settled in Colchester and died leaving one daughter, Jane, now the wife of Nelson Fox, of Colchester...(6) Thompson...
Thompson Martin grew up on his father's farm and received a fair education in the district schools. On December 30, 1874, he married Miss Alice Fox, who was born in Colchester in January, 1850, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Lypps) Fox, a member of one of the old families of County Essex...
     Jacob Fox, father of Mrs. Martin, was born in Gosfield township, County Essex, March 11, 1806, and settled in Colchester, where he died Nov. 21, 1893. His wife, born in February, 1813, lives in Harrow, aged over eighty years. They had eight children, one of whom (Arthur) is dead. (1) John, of Colchester, married Miss Delia Papst, and has seven children, Nelson (who married Miss Jane Martin), Ellis, Ernest, Lillian, Louis, Roy and Allan...

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Jacob Fox 1816-1893   Elizabeth Lypps 1823-   Adam Papst ca 1802-   Eliza (Betty/Betsy) B. ?? 1816-
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John Fox 1844-   Cordelia Papst 1847-
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Nelson Fox 1872-