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Wesley
Sheldon
History of the Wigle Family and Their Descendants, The Wigle Family, Kingsville, Ontario, 1931.
The Marriage Registers of Upper Canada/Canada West, Volume 14, Western District 1786-1856, Compiled by Dan Walker & Fawne Stratford-Devai, Global Heritage Press, Milton:
Marriages by Rev'd S. Waldron, Wesleyan Methodist Minister (p. 86 & 87):
Wesley Shelden, to Eliz'th Ann Malott, both of Mersea. 11 Mar. 1845, Gosfield Twp., by banns. Rev. Waldron. Wit. Jacob Wigle and Joseph Lamarsh, both of Gosfield.
1851 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, p. 3:
Sheldon Joseph, M, Widowed, 71, born England, Methodist, Farmer;
William, M, Single, 21, born Canada, Methodist, Labourer;
Esther, F, Single, 19, born Canada, Methodist;
Joseph, M, Single, 19, born Canada, Methodist, Labourer;
Weber John, M, Single, 21, born U States, Methodist, Labourer;
Sheldon Wesley, M, Married, 26, born Canada, Methodist, Sawyer;
Ann, F, Married, 22, born Canada, Methodist;
Alfred, M, Single, 6, born Canada;
Josiah, M, Single, 3, born Canada;
Emma, F, Single, 1, born Canada.
1861 personal census, Mersea Twp, Essex Co., ON, 1-7
Sheldon Wesley, M, Married, married in 1845, 39, born U Canada, W Methodist;
Ann, F, Married, married in 1845, 34, born U Canada, W Methodist;
Josiah, M, Single, 11, born U Canada, W Methodist;
Emmah, F, Single, 8, born U Canada, W Methodist;
Malinda, F, Single, 7, born U Canada, W Methodist;
Arthur, M, Single, 4, born U Canada, W Methodist;
Lamuel, M, Single, 2, born U Canada, W Methodist.
1880 federal census, Vienna, Genesee Co., MI, LDS 1880
census household record:
Sheldon Wesley, M, Married, 57, born Can, father born Can, mother born NY;
Ann, F, wife, Married, 53, born Can, fb Can, mb Can, Keeping House;
Arthur, M, son, Single, 23, born Can, fb Can, mb Can;
Kate, F, daughter, Single, 18, born Can, fb Can, mb Can, Teaching School;
Lottie, F, daughter, Single, 16, born MI, fb Can, mb Can, At School;
Annie, F, daughter, Single, 13, born MI, fb Can, mb Can.
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 636-637:
Michael J. Malott, a prosperous farmer of Mersea township, was born on
the farm he now occupies, which is a part of the original Malott homestead, Lot 237, Talbot Road, May 3, 1838, son of Joseph and Barbara (Fox) Malott.
Joseph Malott was born in Gosfield township, in 1801, son of Theodore and Catherine (Wigle) Malott, and there he received the education and rearing of a farmer's boy. After reaching manhood's estate, he purchased 200 acres of bushland in Mersea township, and building himself a log house, removed there, and began putting his land in a state of cultivation. At the time of his death he had the satisfaction of knowing that he and his sons had cleared 125 acres of this large property, and it had greatly advanced in value. A portion of the estate was laid out in fruit trees, which now yield abundantly. He died in 1878, after a happy and useful life. Both he and his wife were consistent members of the Methodist Church, and she died at the age of sixty-seven years. Their children were: ... Anne, deceased, married Wesley Sheldon...
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