History of the Wigle Family and Their Descendants, The Wigle Family, Kingsville, Ontario, 1931.
1881 personal census, Gosfield Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 Can
census household record:
Wigle Samuel, M, Married, 32, born Ont, origin: Dutch, C Methodist, Farmer;
Cordalia, F, Married, 25, born Ont, origin: English, C Methodist;
Grace, F, 4, born Ont, origin: Dutch, C Methodist;
Annie, F, 5, born
Ont, origin: Dutch, C Methodist;
Newby Albert, M, 12, born England,
origin: English.
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 124-125:
Alfred Wigle, who for twenty-three years has been postmaster at Windsor, belongs to a family which was founded in the County of Essex, one hundred and twenty-five years ago. In 1776 the great-grandfather of Alfred Wigle settled in this country, coming from Pennsylvania, where he had settled on his emigration from Germany. He settled in Gosfield township on Lot 3, and, clearing up this property he purchased, made of it one of the fine farms of that locality, and now it is owned by the fourth generation of the Wigle family. Among the children of the pioneer was one John Wigle, the grandfather of Alfred, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1774, and was only two years old when brought to the then wilderness of the County of Essex. He succeeded his father on the farm, and in due time married Susan Scratch, who was born in the County of Essex in 1789, and who died in 1862; he died in 1868. To this worthy couple were born: Caroline; Leonard; Windle; Judith; Ann; Jane; Peter; Solomon; Adam; Michael, the only survivor, a resident of Kingsville; Robert; Joseph; Mary Ann; and John.
Solomon Wigle, the father of our subject, was born on the old farm in 1822, and succeeded to the property. While residing on his farm he was reeve of his township for twelve years, and warden of the county for one term, and a member of the Provincial Parliament from 1866 to 1869, one term. In 1886 he left his farm in the hands of his sons, and moved to Kingsville, where he died in 1898, and his wife passed away in 1876. He was treasurer of Gosfield township for a good many years and a Conservative in politics. He married Ann Iler, a sister of Sheriff Iler. She was born in 1826. To this marriage came the following children: Lewis, a resident of Leamington and ex-member of Parliament; Gordon, of California; Alfred; Esther, deceased; Elihu, deceased; Angus, on the farm in Gosfield township; Ernest, a lawyer of Windsor; Ella, deceased.
Alfred Wigle was born on the old Wigle homestead, July 28, 1848. Upon reaching manhood he clerked for his brother and father for two years in Leamington, and in 1871 he started in business on his own account as a general merchant at Ruthven, where he remained until 1879, when he sold his interests. On Oct. 1, 1880 he entered upon his duties as postmaster at Windsor, which position he has ably filled for twenty-three years.
Mr. Wigle has been thrice married. On August 6, 1873, [he married Lucinda Russell] by whom he had one daughter, Annie, now the wife of E. J. Moore, of the County of Essex. In 1878 he was married to Miss Allie Snyder, and three children were born to them: Sidney, Nettie and Solomon. In 1893 Mr. Wigle married Miss Annie Bannwell, and they have two children, Madge and Irene.
Annie
Wigle
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