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William G.
Fox
History of the Wigle Family and Their Descendants, The Wigle Family, Kingsville, Ontario, 1931.
1861 personal census, Gosfield Twp, Essex Co., ON, 1-4:
Fox William, M, Married, 32, born U.C., C[hurch] E[ngland], Labourer;
Eliza, F, Married, 22, born U.C., W[esleyan] M[ethodist].
1881 personal census, Kingsville, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881
census household record:
Fox Wm. G., M, Married, 52, born Ont, origin: English, Church of England, Farmer;
Eliza, F, Married, 42, born Ont, origin: German, C Methodist;
Lucinda, F, 19, born Ont, origin: English, C Methodist;
Gordun, M, 14, born Ont, origin: English, C Methodist;
Ezera S., M, 9, born Ont, origin: English, C Methodist;
Hall Alfred, M, 16, born England, origin: English, C Methodist.
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 672-674:
Milton C. Fox...is traced to Philip Fox, born in Baden, Germany, who was the first of the family to settle in Gosfield, locating on Lot 10, Eastern Division. In his native land he married Catherine Lauer, who accompanied him to this country.
Michael Fox, son of Philip, was born before the family came to Gosfield, and he settled on Lot 250, Talbot Road, removing later to Lot 7, Eastern Division, and then to Amherstburg, where he died. He married Elizabeth Wigle, and they had ten children as follows: ... George, the grandfather of our subject, ...
George Fox was born Sept. 7, 1807, in Gosfield, at the time of his marriage removing to Romney township, County of Kent, and for thirteen years he farmed on the Talbot Road, on the land now owned by Joseph and Jonas Robinson, a tract of 200 acres. In 1842 he returned to Gosfield and settled on the east half of Lot 7, the old homestead, where he did much clearing, having completed it prior to his death, which occurred at the age of seventy-six. He was a successful farmer and an upright man. In politics he supported the Conservative party.
On Nov. 8, 1827, in Gosfield, Mr. Fox married Mary Hairsine, born Sept. 3, 1808, in Yorkshire, England, and they had these children: William G., born Oct. 3, 1828, died in 1899, was a man of prominence and married Mary Malott; Mary Ann, born April 15, 1832, married (first) Thomas Girty, and (second) Charles Wigle, also deceased, and lives on Lot 6; Elizabeth, born Feb. 11, 1834, married Floram Mickle, of Colchester South, and died Sept. 28, 1859; Leonard G., born Sept. 22, 1835, married Rilla Stewart, and died in January, 1902; Lucinda, born Feb. 16, 1837, lives with our subject; Adelia, born Aug. 25, 1839, married (first) Joseph Hughes, and (second) John Barnett; Charles G. was born Aug. 31, 1841; Jane, born Feb. 23, 1843, married (first) George Lane, and (second) Benoni Healey, who died in 1900, and she lives in Kingsville; and Amelia, born July 24, 1845, died Aug. 23, 1845.
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Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 476-480:
Malott. The record of this family in the Dominion of Canada begins with the migration of three brothers and two sisters, Peter, Theodore, David, Catherine and Delilah Malott, who made their way to Detroit soon after the close of the Revolutionary War, in 1783...
Peter Malott was married at Detroit to Mary Jones... Peter Malott, with his wife and child, came to the new holding, Lots 4 and 5, on the lake, where they passed the remainder of their days...
Peter and Mary (Jones) Malott were the parents of six children, namely: Joseph, Sarah, Mary, Theodore, Ann and Peter...
Peter Malott was married at the McCormick place, in Colchester, Sept. 24, 1822, to Julianna Wigle, who was born June 4, 1805, daughter of John Wigle, and died May 21, 1882... (3) Mary is the wife of Solomon Fox, of Kingsville... (7) Eliza, widow of William G. Fox, makes her home in Kingsville...
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