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

Marriage record, Kingsville, Essex Co., ON, from Mary Crandall's site:
2880-85 William G. McDONALD, 24, farmer, Gosfield, same, s/o Hugh & Annie, married Georgiana FOX, 20, Gosfield, Mersea, d/o George & Julia Ann, witn: Charlotte A. FITCH & Maggie E. MILLYARD, both of Kingsville, 22 Sept 1885 at Kingsville.

1901 personal census, Gosfield South Twp, Essex Co., ON, G3-1:
McDonald Wm, M, Married, 27 Aug 1861, 39, born Ont, origin: Scotch, Can, Meth, Farmer;
Georgianna, F, wife, Married, 4 April 1865, 35, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth;
Flosse, F, daughter, Single, 17 Aug 1888, 12, born Ont, origin: Scotch, Can, Meth, 8 months in school;
Hugh, M, son, Single, 19 July 1891, 9, born Ont, origin: Scotch, Can, Meth, 8 months in school;
Hadly, M, son, Single, 19 April 1893, 6, born Ont, origin: Scotch, Can, Meth, 8 months in school;
Malcolm, M, son, Single, 20 March 1896, 5, born Ont, origin: Scotch, Can, Meth;
Hazel, F, daughter, Single, 2 April 1898, 2, born Ont, origin: Scotch, Can, Meth.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers, 1905, p. 446-447:
William G. McDonald, an enterprising farmer of Gosfield South, is a descendant of one of the pioneer settlers on the Talbot Road in the township of Tilbury East.
     John McDonald, his grandfather, was born in the Highlands of Scotland, and there married Mary Calhoon. He was engaged in the boot and shoe trade and also carried on wool weaving, being an expert weaver himself. In 1815, accompanied by his wife and five children, he set sail for America, their destination being Canada. After a long voyage of more than sixteen weeks, they reached the Canadian port, came to Long Point, and very soon went farther west, locating on the Talbot Road, in Tilbury East, where the grandfather took up 200 acres of land through the government agent. As his sons attained maturity they also secured land on the lots on both sides of the first tract, so that the family secured 600 acres in a block, all situated on the shore of Lake Erie. John McDonald began the clearing of the land, which, after his death, was continued by his sons. He was interred on the old Shanks farm. His children were as follows: Hugh; Mary, Mrs. Shanks; Nancy, who married John Moody; John, who lived on the west 200 acres; and Duncan, who secured the east 200 acres, married and had two children, John (deceased), and Sarah (married and living in Toronto).
     Hugh McDonald was born Jan 8, 1801, in Scotland, and was fourteen years old when he came to Canada. Being the eldest son, he came into possession of the land taken up by his father. He assisted in placing the first buildings thereon, and occupied them when he began for himself, continuing on this place until it was improved, when he traded for a farm at Harrow, which he later sold. Nearly sixty years ago he bought 230 acres in Mersea township, partly cleared, Lot 13, Concession 2. He dealt extensively in land, and owned a large body. He cleared all of his land, being a man of great industry. His death occurred June 3, 1891. For many years he was a class-leader in the Methodist Church. His first marriage was to a Miss Williams, and they had children, as follows: Mary, wife of Robert Morton, of Mersea township; Ann, wife of Solomon P. Fox, of Brandon, Ont.; Betsey, widow of Joseph Sheldon, of St. Ignace, Michigan; Margaret, wife of George White, of Leamington; Harriet, wife of John Summerfield, of Leamington; John D., who married Dorothy McQueen; and Adella, who married Watson Clark, of Monroe County, Michigan. Mr. McDonald's second marriage was to Anna Sheldon, a daughter of Joseph Sheldon, who was born on Talbot street, in Mersea township, and the children of this union were: Joseph, of Helena, Montana, who married Nettie LaMarsh, deceased; Miss Sarah, of Leamington; Hugh, who married Bertha LaMarsh, and died aged thirty years; William G., of this sketch; Janet, who married William Dring, of Mersea township; Lucinda, who married Charles Mills, of Wheatley, County of Essex; and Miss Annie, of Leamington.
     William G. McDonald was born Aug. 27, 1861, on his present place, and there passed his boyhood, assisting on the farm and attending the local schools. He was reared to be a farmer, and in the course of time came into possession of an eighty-acre farm, on which he rebuilt the house and made many substantial improvements.
     In 1885 Mr. McDonald married Georgiana Fox, daughter of George and Julia (Quick) Fox, the former of whom was born March 13, 1838, and the latter Oct. 2, 1840. They reside at Chatham, Ont., and their children are: William, a farmer in Muskegon County, Michigan, who married Sarah Whitsel; Georgiana, born April 4, 1865; Philemon, of Louisiana; and Allen, of Ravenna, Michigan, who married Emma Tupper.
     Mr. and Mrs. McDonald had these children: Flossie Annetta, born Aug. 17, 1888; Hugh Carlton, July 19, 1891; William Hadley, April 19, 1894; Malcolm Duncan, March 20, 1896; Georgiana Hazel, April 2, 1898; and Alvin Grant, Sept. 19, 1901 (died Sept. 28, 1902). The family is connected with the Leamington Presbyterian Church.
     Prior to settling on his present property Mr. McDonald was engaged in teaming at Ruthven for seven years. He is extensively engaged at present in general farming and tobacco and fruit growing, prospering as an industrious agriculturist richly deserves. Politically he is a Reformer. Fraternally he holds membership in Beaver Lodge, No. 82, I.O.O.F., at Ruthven, and in Erie Encampment.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 176-178:
Fox. Jonas Fox, the eldest son of Philip Fox, the first settler of the name in this country, was born in Pennsylvania, and was a young man when the family came to Gosfield...
     Philip Fox, the oldest son of Jonas Fox, was born on Lot 9, in Gosfield, and first settled on his father's land in Romney township. Afterward he returned to Gosfield South, and located on the west quarter of Lot 8. His death was caused by drowning in 1842. Philip Fox married Ann Hairsine, a native of Yorkshire, England, and to them were born: .. George, who married Julia Quick, and lived on the present Philip Fox place, and whose daughter, Georgianna, married William D. McDonald and lives on Lot 13, Concession 2; ...

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Hugh McDonald 1801-1891   Anne Sheldon 1824-
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William D. McDonald 1861-