^^

M Michael G. Fox

Föräldrar

Äktenskap och barn

Syskon

Noteringar

Anteckningar om personen

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.

1861 personal census, Gosfield Twp, Essex Co., ON, 4-9:
Fox Michael G., M, Married, 56, born U.C., Universalist, Farmer;
Margrate, F, Married, 50, born U.C., Universalist;
Almeron, M, Single, 20, born U.C., Universalist;
Adolphus S., M, Single, 12, born U.C.;
Sabina, F, Single, 16, born U.C.

1881 personal census, Gosfield Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Fox Michael G., M, Married, 75, born Ont, origin: German, Universalist, Farmer;
Margret, F, Married, 75, born Ont, origin: Scottish, Universalist.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 528-529:
... In 1772 Philip Fox came to America from his birthplace, Baden, Germany, where he had married Catherine Lamer. They settled in the same year at Baltimore, Maryland, remaining for several years, and then moved to Pennsylvania, during their residence in which State several children were born. A number of neighbours then banded together to locate farther north, and in the company were John Wendel Wigle and Philip Fox, with their families... in 1794 he was fortunate enough to draw Lot 10, on the lake shore in Gosfield, and removed thither. There both he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives, and their remains rest on the Wesley Wigle farm, in a private burying-ground. They had eight sons and two daughters born to them, as follows: ... George, who settled on Lot 22, Concession 4 ...
     George Fox, the ancestor of many of the name, was born April 18, 1781, in Pennsylvania, and came with his parents to Gosfield, Oct. 16, 1804. He was drowned Nov. 1, 1838. He married Julianna Wigle, and had the following family: Michael G. was born Jan. 1, 1806; Elizabeth, born Sept. 20, 1807, married (first) A. Fisher and (second) Charles Watson; Mary Ann, born Aug. 15, 1809, died at the age of seventy-seven years (she was stricken blind); Catherine, born Oct. 10, 1811, died July 12, 1826; John, born Feb. 4, 1814, married into the Scratch family, and died in the County of Kent; Theodore, born Feb. 5, 1816, married Matilda Fox; Joseph, born July 20, 1818, died at Port Stanley; Henry, born March 15, 1821, married Margaret Scott; Jane, born May 15, 1823, married Reuben Bruner; Caroline, born May 10, 1827, married William La Marsh; Robert, born Nov. 28, 1830, lives on Pelee Island; Harriet, born May 8, 1833, died May 28, 1853...

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 90-92:
Simeon M. Stewart is a representative member of one of the historic families of County Essex, and is now proprietor of the leading hotel at Ruthven. The family, as the name indicates, is of Scottish extraction.
     James Stewart, progenitor of the family in County Essex, was born in Argyllshire, Scotland... During the American Revolution he served as a colonel in the British army.. he subsequently married, in Maryland, a Scottish-born maiden, Margaret Brown... They settled on a farm in Dunkard township, Greene county, Pennsylvania, and in the course of time eight children were born to them, four sons - James, John, Daniel and Charles - and four daughters - Sophia, Mary, Jane and one whose name is not recorded...
     Charles Stewart, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania, and when he settled in Ontario drew a Government lot on the 4th Concession, in Mersea township. Later he acquired much land, enough to enable him to start each of his sons with a farm. For years he was an elder in the Baptist Church. His children were: ... Margaret married Michael Fox, locally known as "Big Mike"...

Översikt över

Philip Fox †   Catherine Lamar †   John Wendel Weigele/Wigle 1753-   Julianna Romer
| | | |
| |
George Fox 1781-1838   Julianna Wigle 1789-1879
| |
|
Michael G. Fox 1806-1894