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M Theodore Michael Scratch

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

1901 personal census, Gosfield South Twp, Essex Co., ON, G2-7:
Scratch Judson, M, Married, 4 July 1862, 38, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Baptist, Farmer;
Zilla, F, wife, Married, 21 Dec 1861, 39, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth;
Roy H., M, son, Single, 24 June 1884, 16, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth, Farmer's Son;
Michael T., M, son, Single, 17 Jan 1893, 8, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Baptist, 2 months in school.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers, Toronto, 1905, p. 33-36:
Scratch. The ancestor of all of this name in the County of Essex was Leonard Scratch, or Kratz, as it was originally spelled...
     Leonard Scratch passed away Aug. 12, 1829, and his widow survived until 1840. The were the parents of eleven children...
     Judson Scratch, a successful farmer of the township of Gosfield South, is a son of Theodore Scratch and a grandson of John Scratch, and a great-grandson of Leonard and Mary (Munger) Scratch. John Scratch was born July 24, 1795, in the township of Gosfield, where he grew to manhood... In November, 1818, he married Sarah Malott, who was born May 10, 1799, and died Feb. 21, 1849. To this union came children as follows: ... Theodore, born June 20, 1822, became the father of Judson Scratch...
     Judson Scratch was born July 4, 1861, on the place he now owns, and was reared there. He enjoyed such advantages as the village schools afforded, and meantime was trained to hard work on the farm, when twenty years old coming into possession of the farm, which he has carried on ever since. His holdings comprise 100 acres, he having acquired the fifty-acre tract adjoining his original place, and all of his land is cleared and under a fine state of cultivation, most of this improvement representing the work of Mr. Scratch himself. He has done well in his agricultural work, and his place give evidence of the prosperity and thrift of the owner, who is painstaking in all his work. He carries on general farming, and also raises some tobacco. In 1863 he built his present cozy brick house, and he has also put up all the other buildings which adorn the place.
     Mr. Scratch has given proper attention to his private affairs, but he also finds time for local public matters, and has been quite prominent in municipal politics, serving six consecutive terms as councillor. In 1902 he was candidate for reeve. His political faith is that of the Reform party. For nine years Mr. Scratch has been a member of the board of education of Kingsville, and in 1902 was chairman of that body. Socially he affliates with the I.O.O.F. and A.O.U.W. at Kingsville, having held membership in the latter order for fourteen years, and being at present a past master
     On Jan. 9, 1881, Mr. Scratch was united in marriage with Miss Zilla Wigle, and to this union have come two children: Roy Howell, born June 24, 1884, and Theodore Michael, born Jan. 17, 1892.
     Michael J. Wigle, father of Mrs. Scratch, was born in the township of Gosfield March 15, 1831, and was the fifteenth child born to John and Susanna (Scratch) Wigle. He is now a resident of Kingsville. He married Jane Crow, and their family consisted of four children, namely: Cornelia, born July 7, 1854, is the wife of John Ulch. Rosenia, born Sept. 16, 1856, is the wife of Charles Quick, a merchant of Kingsville. Byron, born Sept. 6, 1858, married Maud Broadwell. Zilla, born Dec. 17, 1860, is the wife of Judson Scratch.

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Theodore Scratch 1822-   Elizabeth Tofflemire 1831-1899   Michael J. Wigle 1831-   Jane M. Crow 1833-
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Judson Scratch 1862-   Zilla Wigle 1861-
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Theodore Michael Scratch 1893