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N Mary Ann Wigle

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Henkilön puolelta Jacob Wigle 1823-

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

1861 personal census, Gosfield Twp, Essex Co., ON, 1-3:
Wigle Jacob, M, Married, 37, born U.C., W[esleyan] M[ethodist], Farmer;
Jane, F, Married, 37, born U.C., W M;
Therisa, F, Single, 13, born U.C., W M;
Alphea, M[sic], Single, 11, born U.C., W M;
Ellen, F, Single, 8, born U. C., W M;
Nelson, M, Single, 6, born U.C., W M;
Maryanne, F, Single, 4, born U.C., W M;
Martha J., F, Single, 3, born U.C., W M;
John, M, Single, 1, born U.C., W M.

Marriage record, Kingsville, Essex Co., ON, from Mary Crandall's site:
2522-77 (Essex Co): Edward COOK, 21, farmer, England, Mersea twp., s/o John & Mary, married Mary Ann WIGLE, 20, Gosfield, same, d/o Jacob & Jane, witn: Peter GESTY & Annie COOK, both of Mersea, 2 May 1877 at Gosfield.

1901 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, K1-10:
Cook Edward, M, Married, 16 Feb 1856, 45, born England, immigrated 1858, origin: English, Can, Meth, Farmer;
Mary, F, wife, Married, 29 Dec 1856, 45, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth;
Forest J., M, son, Single, 13 Sept 1881, 20, born Ont, origin: English, Farmer's Son;
Richard S., M, son, Single, 16 July 1883, 18, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Meth, Farmer's Son;
Morley, M, son, Single, 9 June 1885, 16, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Meth, Student, 6 months in school;
Ada M., F, daughter, Single, 10 Aug 1888, 13, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Meth, 6 months in school;
Marguerite, F, daughter, Single, 12 April 1895, 6, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Meth, 9 months in school.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 61-64:
Wigle. The prominent and numerous family of this name in the County of Essex, Ont., is descended from John Wendel Wigle, who was born in Germany in the year 1763... At the age of twenty-one years John Wendel Wigle made his home at York, Pennsylvania, where in 1776 he was married to Julianna Rommer... about 1792, when government grants were thrown open to settlers, John W. Wigle and his family settled in Gosfield township, County of Essex, on Lot 6, Eastern Division...
     We have the following record of the eleven children born to this pioneer couple: ... Wendel, born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 17, 1781, married Isabella Scratch, and died April 6, 1860...
     Wendel Wigle, second son of John W. Wigle, was a boy when the family came to Gosfield, grew up on the homestead, and was thoroughly trained to the work of farming as it was in those days... By hard work and economy he wrested success from the wilderness, and added to his original possession until he owned some 2,200 acres, which at the present time would represent a large fortune. Mr. Wigle died April 6, 1860, at the home of his son Theodore, aged seventy-nine years, and his wife, Isabella (Scratch), passed away May 21, 1848, at the age of sixty. They were members and regular attendants of the Methodist Church. To this couple came a large family, viz: ... Jacob, born July 12, 1823, is mentioned below. ...
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     Jacob Wigle, the eleventh child of Wendel Wigle, was born July 12, 1823, at Cedar Creek, at the home on Lot 11, where he grew to manhood. During his boyhood there were no government schools, and a teacher was hired only when there were enough patrons to warrant the expense, each pupil being taxed a stated sum. this it will be seen that his studies, such as they were, were pursued with little or no regularity. But it was not so with work. From early boyhood he was thoroughly trained to such work as there was to be done on a pioneer farm, where the tasks were heavy and modern appliances for the lightening of the labor were unknown. In 1844, when twenty-one years old, he began for himself on the north end of Lot 13, this tract of 100 acres being partly cleared when it came into his possession. However, he cleared a space for the log house which he erected a short distance east of the brick dwelling, which now adorns the place, and which was put up in 1859. Jacob Wigle completed the work of clearing and carried on farming successfully until his retirement, at one time owning and conducting as much as 550 acres besides his home place. He was an enterprising man, up-to-date and intelligent in all he undertook, and was always ready to embark in any venture that seemed likely to help the farmers. However, these enterprises did not always prove financially successful, as, for instance, the Farmers' Woolen Company, and the sailing vessel built by a company for carrying farm produce. For several years he was a member of the Kingsville Gas Company, which was a paying investment. In politics Mr. Wigle is a Reformer, and for one year served as township councillor. In religious matters he has been prominently identified with the Methodist Church for the past sixty years, in fact it was largely through his efforts that the church was built in his neighbourhood in 1877. He has been steward and trustee for many years.
     On April 13, 1886, Mr. Wigle left the home place and moved to Kingsville, where his has sinced lived in retirement, though, even now, at the age of over eighty, he is fully equal to a good day's work. Mr. Wigle has been twice married, and by his first wife, Jane Chapman, a native of Raleigh township, County of Kent, he had children as follows: Nellie, born Dec. 1, 1846, died when one month old. Theresa, born in 1848, married (first) William Sanderson, and (second) David Devitt, of Kingsville. Alfred, born in 1850, died when two months old. Althea, born in 1852, is the wife of Lewis Malott, who is mentioned elsewhere. Margaret Ellen, born March 9, 1853, is the wife of William Vickars, who is mentioned elsewhere. Nelson, born in 1855, is captain of a steamer and makes his home at St. Catharines; he married Victoria Toll. Mary Ann, born in 1857, is the wife of Edward Cook, of Mersea township. Martha, born in 1859, is the wife of Rev. William Godwin, of Exeter, Ont. Arthur Howard, born Dec. 29, 1861, married Miss Ellen Nailor. Alvin, born March 13, 1863, resides on the homestead; he married Mary Hindarsh, and they have two children: Gertrude, born Oct. 3, 1890, and Jacob, born Oct. 22, 1893.
     Jacob Wigle married for his second wife Lucinda Hicknott, of Prescott, Ont., and to this union came four childen: Gordon, born Aug. 2, 1865, married Eliza Askins. Addie, born March 4, 1867, married E. R. Wigle, a hardware merchant of Ruthven, and they have two children. Eliza Jane, born Aug. 26, 1870, is the wife of David Landcaster, of Kingsville, and has one child. Elva Edith, born May 19, 1872, is living with her parents.

Yleiskatsaus sukutauluun

Wendel Wigle 1781-1860   Isabella Scratch 1788-1848    
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Jacob Wigle 1823-   Jane Chapman ca 1824-
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Mary Ann Wigle 1856-