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Louie
Wigle
| Von s Seite Almeron Wigle ca 1847-ca 1880 |
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Married Frank Hewitt and had two children, Harvey and Carrie.
History of the Wigle Family and Their Descendants, The Wigle Family, Kingsville, Ontario, 1931.
1881 personal census, Kingsville, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 Can
census household record:
Wigle Danda, F, Widowed, 23, born Ont, C Methodist;
Perceval, M, 10, born
Ont, C Methodist;
Leland, M, 3, born Ont, C Methodist;
Lanie, F, 1, born Ont, C Methodist;
Harris Marvilla, F, Widowed, 43, born Ont, C Methodist.
Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 546-547:
Hubert W. Wigle, an extensive farmer of Gosfield South, has served as mayor of the village of Kingsville, and is one of the leading men of the township. His grandfather was John Wigle, who married Susanna Scratch, and among their children was Adam R. Wigle.
Adam R. Wigle was born June 14, 1824, on Lot 2, South-eastern Division of Gosfield township, where he began for himself upon 200 acres, comprising Lot 2, of his father's estate, and he worked steadily, clearing off his land. First, he occupied a log house, as did the majority of the settlers, and lived in it for ten years, when in April, 1857, he completed the solid stone house now occupied by our subject. Upon this large property Adam R. Wigle carried on general farming, and he lived to see all his land cleared and placed in a good state of cultivation. His death occurred at the home place, Oct. 16, 1888. Politically he was a sturdy Grit, and he served his township as treasurer for four years. In religious belief he was a Methodist, a took a prominent part in the affairs of that Church, serving for years as class leader, trustee and steward.
On Dec. 1, 1846, Mr. Wigle was united in marriage with Lucinda L. Buchanan, who survives him and makes her home with Hubert Wigle. She was born in Colchester township, Jan. 18, 1829, a daughter of John Buchanan, a pioneer resident of that township. To them were born the following children: (1) Almeron, who died aged thirty-three years, married (first) Laura Van Orman, by whom he had two children, Florence and Percival; he married (second) Linda Harris, who also bore him two children, Leland and Louie...
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