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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 Jacob Iler, Baptist Minister, Colchester (p. 208):
Wm. McQueen, 21, to Mary Wigle, 21, both of Gosfield. 27 Nov. 1854, Gosfield, by Licence. Rev. Iler. Wit. F. C. Fulmer and Solomon P. Fox.

1861 personal census, Gosfield Twp, Essex Co., ON, 3-5:
McQueen William, M, Married, 28, born U Canada, Universalist, Yeoman;
Mary, F, Married, 28, born U Canada, Methodist W;
Alexander B., M, Single, 6, born U Canada, Methodist W;
Zella, F, Single, 4, born U Canada, Methodist W;
John S., M, Single, 3, born U Canada, Methodist W;
Saloma D., F, Single, 1, born U Canada, Methodist W.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 74-76:
Horatio Wigle, a member of one of the oldest and most prominent families of his section of County Essex, is a successful farmer and progressive citizen of Gosfield township, in addition to being identified with large business enterprises. Full records of this family will be found in another portion of this work.
     Wendel Wigle, grandfather of Horatio, began farming on Lot 10, Concession 3, Gosfield township, in a log house which he erected in 1805, the year of his marriage, and which he occupied until 1823, when he removed to Cedar Creek. The log house was a commodious one, larger than was usually constructed, stood some eight rods west of the present Cyrus Wigle house, and remained intact until 1876. When John W. Wigle, son of Wendel and father of Horatio, began to farm he moved into this large hewed log house, and about the same time acquired Government Lot 11, making him the owner of 400 acres of land in one block. From time to time he added to this until he owned over 1,000 acres. He cleared much of the homestead place and was considered a man of large capital and a successful farmer. Many are the thrilling and interesting stories told ...[stories]...
     John W. Wigle was born July 12, 1806, and was the oldest child of his parents. In 1850 he moved from the above-mentioned log cabin to the hill, on Lot 11, the location of our subject's house. Here he erected a large frame house, 40 x 50 feet, which was destroyed by fire in 1877. The present handsome brick residence took its place. John Wigle was a progressive and enterprising man, and he became the owner of large tracts of land, aggregating 1,288 acres, farmed on a large scale, and did much building. In company with Hugh Ruthven he built a sawmill at Ruthven, this being the first business ventures started in the village, and he was also one of the incorporators of the Ruthven Woolen Mills. His mental faculties remained unimpaired until within a very short time of his death, which occurred Oct. 28, 1894. In him the Methodist Church had an active, liberal and influential member.
     John W. Wigle married Salonia Fox, daughter of Philip Fox, and she died May 3, 1878. They had children as follows: Isabella and Sarah were twins; Isabella (deceased), married John Cascadden, lived on the west half of Lot 259, Talbot street, Gosfield North, and had children: Sarah (wife of J. F. Jeffery), Wilson E., John W. and Thomas T. Sarah (deceased), married James Neville, who is mentioned elsewhere. Wendel J. (deceased), married Susanna Cascadden, and they had Lenora (wife of John Noble), Sylvanus (of Kingsville), Alzora (wife of Albert Pulford), Moretta (wife of Peter Peterson), and Mary (wife of William Bray, of Michigan). Mary (deceased), married William McQueen and lived on the east half of Lot 259, and they had children-A. Burnes, Rosilla (wife of John McKinney), Capt. John S. (of Amherstburg), Salonia (wife of James Scratch), Elizabeth (wife of Charles Whittle), and James W., D.D.S. Elizabeth, the only one of the daughters now living, is the wife of R. W. Shanks, extended mention of whom will be found elsewhere. Cyrus married Louise McCormick, and is futher mentioned elsewhere. Horatio is the subject proper of this sketch.
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Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 215-216:
Alexander Burns McQueen, a prosperous farmer of Gosfield South, County of Essex, represents the fourth generation of the family of that name who have resided in the Dominion. The great-grandfather McQueen was a native of Scotland, and as a young man he emigrated to Canada, and was one of the first settlers of Long Point, County of Norfolk, Ont.
     Among his children was Jacob McQueen, who was born at Long Point, and there married Dorothy Mitchell... The children born to Jacob McQueen and wife were: .. William, the father of our subject...
     William McQueen was born at Fingal, County of Elgin, and was twenty years of age when his parents moved to the County of Essex. He married Mary, daughter of John W. Wigle. At the time of his marriage he first settled on the Cyrus Wigle farm near Ruthven, but at the end of the second year moved to the farm on Lot 259, occupied by our subject, but which was then a perfect jungle. Upon it he built a log house, hewed inside and rough outside, and at once began the work of clearing. In 1868 a comfortable frame dwelling succeeded the original log house. He died on this place in 1869, aged thirty-five years. The children born to William McQueen and wife were: Alexander Burns; Rosella, who married John McKinney, of Amherstburg; Saloma married James Scratch, of Kingsville; Elizabeth is the widow of Charles Whittle of Detroit, and has one son, John; William died young; James William, D.D.S., of Detroit, married Nell McCormick, and has one daughter, Irene.
     Alexander Burns McQueen was born Aug. 13, 1855, at Ruthven, and was two years of age when the family settled on Lot 259, T.R.S., and upon this property he grew to manhood. At the age of sixteen years, the death of his father forced him to take charge of affairs, and he completed the clearing of the property, doing about fifty acres himself. Later, he rented the farm, and removing to the Pike in Malden, he engaged in hotel keeping. This business he continued for about fourteen years, and he was also engaged in the same line of business at Harrow, Ont. In 1888 he returned to his farm, a property which has been in the family since it was drawn from the government by his grandfather, John W. Wigle, who took out the patent. Since returning to it Mr. McQueen has carried on general farming, and in 1899 he built a handsome brick house. In addition to carrying on his farming operation he runs a threshing machine.
     In 1877 Mr. McQueen married Miss Mary Grondin, who was born on Grosse Ile, daughter of Edward and Madeline (Allean) Grondin. Mr. Grondin was a native of Montreal, and came with his parents to Amherstburg many years ago. His wife died May 14, 1885. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. McQueen were: Laura Belle born Oct. 11, 1877, died Jan. 16, 1878, aged three months; William Edward, born March 27, 1879, died Dec. 17, 1880, aged twenty-one months; Ada May, born Oct. 16, 1882; Mary Madeline, born Nov. 9, 1884; Stella, born March 6, 1887; Myrtle Eva, born Sept. 27, 1889; Nora Louisa, born Nov. 6, 1891; Wilfred Balfour, born Aug. 27, 1894; Ella Gertrude, born Dec. 25, 1897.
     Mr. McQueen is one of the most highly respected and enterprising farmers and business men of this locality, and has won the full confidences of those who have had relations with him by his upright manner of dealing. His family is one of which any man may well feel proud, and his young people are prominent socially.
     Although occupied by his private affairs, Mr. McQueen supports the candidates of the Liberal party with his vote, and has always been in favor of good government, and the development of the country. Such men as Mr. McQueen have made Ontario what it is today, and the sons of such men will continue the work of development and advancement, until this portion of the Dominion will become the garden spot of the country.

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Wendel Wigle 1781-1860   Isabella Scratch 1788-1848   Philip Fox   Sarah Snider ca 1784-
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John Wendel Wigle 1806-   Salome Fox 1806-1878
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Mary Wigle ca 1833-