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M John Wendel Wigle

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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 John Pattan, J.P. (p. 65)
John Wigle, of Gosfield, to Salome Fox, of Mersea. 15 Oct. 1827, Mersea. John Pattan, J.P. Wit. George Fox and Shern (Shem?) Fox.

1861 personal census, Gosfield Twp, Essex Co., ON, 4-5:
Wigle John W., M, Married, 55, born U.C., W[esleyan] M[ethodist], Farmer;
Salomy, F, Married, 55, born U.C., W M;
Cyrus, M, Single, 18, born U.C., W M, Labouer;
Horatio, M, Single, 13, born U.C., W M;
Elizabeth, F, Single, 20, born U.C., W M;
frame house, 1-1/2 stories, 2 families.

1881 personal census, Gosfield Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 Can census household record:
Wigle Horatio, M, Married, 33, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist, Farmer;
Delorus, F, Married, 33, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Oria A., F, 10, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Lewis W., M, 9, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Lena A., F, 7, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Almea G., F, 5, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
John W., M, Widowed, 73, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Montgumery W. F., M, 23, born Ont, origin: Scottish, Wesleyan Methodist, Farm Laberor.

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. Being left an orphan at an early age, he was obliged to shift for himself, and was a mere boy when he made his way to the seacost, where, having neither means nor friends, he hid himself on board a sailing vessel which was about to leave for America. He was discovered after the ship sailed by the captain, who proved himself a most cruel man, and immediately upon arrival in America bound young Wigle out to service for seven years, it is said, to pay for his passage. To what trade he was apprenticed during this time is not definitely known, but as his occupation in later life was weaving, it is most probable that his knowledge of the business was acquired during that period.
     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. He did not bear arms in the Revolution, though he was undoubtedly a British sympathizer, as we find that he decided to leave soon after the war closed. In 1786, along with a number of other families, he and his family started for Canada, making the journey to Detroit through Ohio, with pack-horses, driving their cattle before them. They spent several years near Detroit, probably on Grosse Ile, as the government had not yet acquired the land from the Indians, but 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. Here he passed the remainder of his life, dying in the home he established there, and he was buried in Lot 6, as is also his wife, who passed away in May 1824. In spite of the hardships and trails they had to contend with in making a home in the wilderness, these good people prospered, and John Wendel Wigle acquired possesion of some 3,000 acres before he died. Thus he was able to leave his children in comfortable circumstances, and as his family was a large one he had ample use for his numerous acres.
     We have the following record of the eleven children born to this pioneer couple: John, born in Pennsylvania Dec. 21, 1778, died in Gosfield Jan. 28, 1871; he married Susanna Scratch, and they had a family of fifteen children. Wendel, born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 17, 1781, married Isabella Scratch, and died April 6, 1860. Kate, born in Pennsylvania, married Theodore Malott, who settled on Lot 13, in Gosfield, East Divison. Elizabeth, born in Pennsylvania, became the wife of Michael Fox. Julianna, born in Colchester April 4, 1789, married George Fox, and died on Pelee Island July 3, 1879. Joseph, born March 22, 1792, died July 23, 1864; he married Euphemia Miller, and they had eleven children (they were the grandparents of William R. Wigle, who is mentioned elsewhere.) Mary, born in Gosfield June 29, 1793, married Peter Scratch, and died June 3, 1872. Sarah, born in Gosfield Aug. 26, 1798, married Solomon Shepley, and had eight children. Maudlin married Jacob Fox, and had seven children. Christopher married Mary Wilkinson. Michael married Julianna Tofflemire, and for his second wife, Prudence Chapman.
     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. When he concluded to start for himself, at the age of about twenty years, his father gave him the 200-acre farm now owned by Zacharias Wigle, lying in Lot 10, 3rd Concession, East Division in the township of Gosfield, and he made the first clearing and erected the first buildings on the tract. He made his home there for a period of seventeen years, at the end of that time turning the place over to his son John W., and in March 1823, moving to Cedar Creek, where he purchased 200 acres in Lots 11 and 12. He erected a dwelling on the front of Lot 11, and again began at the beginning, clearing the land from its primitive condition into a fine farm. 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: John W., born July 12, 1806, married Salome Fox. Elizabeth, born Nov. 8, 1807, married Joseph Gilboe. Peter, born April 14, 1809, died Aug. 21, 1878; he married Mary Jane Girty. Joseph, born Jan. 19, 1811, died April 26, 1835; he married Jane Davis, but they had no children. Julianna, born Nov. 26, 1812, married John C. Fox. Leonard, born Nov. 27, 1814, is mentioned below. Michael, born June 14, 1816, married Demarius Girty. Henry, born April 1, 1818, died April 12, 1874; he married (first) Sarah McCormick, and (second) Elizabeth McCormick, and was the father of Burwell W. Wigle, who is mentioned elsewhere. Susanna, born Sept. 13, 1819, married Thomas Conklin (they were the parents of David Conklin, who is mentioned elsewhere). Theodore, born June 10, 1821, was the father of Atkinson Wigle, who is mentioned elsewhere; he was three times married, to Barbara McKenzie, Margaret Kennedy and Mrs. Rosamond Baker. Jacob, born July 12, 1823, is mentioned below. Mary, born Oct. 24, 1825, married William McCain. Daniel, born Jan. 5, 1828, married for his first wife Jane Augustin, and, for his second wife, Emma Gilbert. Simon, born April 1, 1830, was twice married, first, to Jane McCain, and second, to Maggie Mains. David, born May 29, 1832, died in 1862, in San Francisco.
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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.
     Horatio Wigle, the youngest member of the John W. Wigle family, was born April 7, 1848, on Lot 10, the old home place. The family soon removed to the hill farm on Lot 11, and there our subject was reared, growing up a farmer and obtaining his education in the local schools. For a number of years prior to his father's death he was at the head of affairs, operating this place, which he later acquired. The barns and outbuildings here were originally built by his father, but he has remodeled and enlarged them and has made many substantial improvements. Mr. Wigle is one of the largest farmers in South Essex and is also a large fruit-grower. Latterly he has become much interested in the breeding of fine stock in addition to his other enterprises. At one time Mr. Wigle owned 1,000 acres of land in this locality, and at the present time owns some 700. His careful methods and good management have made him a very successful man of business and one of the model agriculturists of the township.
     Mr. Wigle has many other interests, one of these being the steel whiffle-tree plant located at Ypsilanti, Michigan, of which he is the president, the business of which is the manufacture of a patented steel whiffle-tree, and also a variety of pressed steel goods. The manager, secretary and treasurer of this large concern is Mr. Wigle's youngest son.
     On March 8, 1869, Mr. Wigle was married, at Windsor, to Delorius S. Munger, and to this union have come children as follows: Ora, born April 1, 1870, widow of Dr. F. A. Wigle, has one daughter, Ora Leal; Mrs. Wigle is a medical graduate and now holds a responsible position in a large hospital in Brooklyn. Lewis Wilson, born Sept. 25, 1871, is a prosperous dental surgeon at Detroit, Michigan; he married Vera Pearl Richardson, and they have a daughter, Reona. Lena Arden, born Dec. 8, 1873, married Oct. 29, 1903, Arthur B. Clinton, of Detroit. Elmira Grace was born Sept. 3, 1875. Rinaldo Mervin, born July 24, 1877, is engaged in Ypsilanti, Michigan, as previously mentioned.
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Ver ärbol

John Wendel Weigele/Wigle 1753-   Julianna Romer   Leonhard Scratch 1756-1829   Maria (Mary Ann) Munger ca 1758-1840
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Wendel Wigle 1781-1860   Isabella Scratch 1788-1848
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John Wendel Wigle 1806-