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History of the Wigle Family and Their Descendants, The Wigle Family, Kingsville, Ontario, 1931.

County Marriage Registers of Ontario, Canada 1858-1869 Volume ?? Essex County, Elizabeth Hancocks, 199?, Generation Press, Agincourt, ON:
McCormick Hugh, 24, lives Pontiac MI, born Rochester NY, s/o Hugh & Margaret, married 4 July 1866 Julia Gilbo, 24, lives Pontiac MI, born Canada, d/o Joseph & Elizabeth.

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 seacoast, 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. 250-251:
Peter Gilboe, a retired farmer of Gosfield North, is now, in the evening of his days, reaping the reward of his long life of honest toil and kindly deeds, in the unreserved respect and affection with which he is regarded by his neighbours, among whom he has walked many years. He was born in Gosfield South, near Olinda, Sept. 14, 1832.
     Joseph and Elizabeth (Wigle) Gilboe, his parents, were among the earliest settlers of the County of Essex. The former was born in Quebec in 1805, the son of a lieutenant in General La Fayette's army, at the time of his campaign in Canada to aid the United States. Joseph Gilboe was quite a boy when they came to Amherstburg, where he was when General Harrison crossed over with his army and drove the Indians to Thamesville, where Tecumseh was killed. Mrs. Elizabeth W. Gilboe was born in Gosfield township, County of Essex, in 1808, daughter of Wendel and Mary Wigle, who came to Canada from Pennsylvania at the time of the immigration of the U. E. Loyalists, and settled and died in Gosfield.
     After Mr. Gilboe's marriage he settled first at Olinda, in Gosfield South, where he cleared up a farm and erected a hotel, the first one built in Southern Essex. Besides managing this hotel, he contracted with the Olinda Furnace Company to furnish them with charcoal, which he did for one season, when the furnace, which was owned by Mr. Calhoon, was shut down. Mr. Calhoon owed Mr. Gilboe a large amount of money, which the latter had invested in labor and material. After the company failed, Mr. Gilboe, with an honesty as commendable as it is rare, sold his hotel and farm to pay his men, and was himself left with scarely a dollar. He then moved to the present farm on Talbot street, at the time all bush land, which he purchased from Thomas Squires, and there he again started to work his way up from the beginning. His wife died at this home in 1856, which he survived till 1882, when he died at the home of one of his sons, in Michigan. He and his wife were among the founders of Methodism in that section of the country. Mr. Gilboe was a Conservative in politics, but took no part in local affairs.
     The family of twelve children born to Joseph Gilboe all lived to grow up. (1) John, the eldest, born in Gosfield, in 1824, married Miss Nancy Hopgood, of the County of Essex. They moved to Oakland County, Michigan, where he died, leaving five children, who all reside in that state. (2) Charles, born in 1826, married Miss Mary Neville, of Gosfield, and settled there on the Talbot Road, where he died in 1895, leaving two daughters, Festamire and Alice. His wife had died previously. (3) Wendel, born in 1828, died in early manhood in Buffalo from yellow fever. (4) Isabella, born in 1830, is the deceased wife of John Taylor, a farmer in Maidstone. She left a large family. (5) Peter was the fifth child. (6) Joseph, born in 1834, married Miss Jane Neville, a sister of Mrs. Peter Gilboe. They moved to Oakland County, Michigan, where they still reside on a farm. They had seven children. (7) Mary A., born in Gosfield in 1836, married Timothy Jones, the founder of Essex Center, where they settled and died. The town is now built on the site of their farm. They left a large family who are all living in the United States. (8) Solomon, born in 1838, married a lady who lived in Michigan, and settled there on a farm in Wayne County; they had no children. (9) George, born in 1840, married a Miss Conklin, of the County of Essex. They now reside in Pontiac, Michigan, where he is one of the leading contractors and builders. Seven children were born to them. (10) Susan, born in 1842, is the deceased wife of Isaac Cobley, who settled in Oakland County, Michigan. She left a family. (11) Simon, born in 1844, married in Alpena, Michigan. There he followed lumbering for many years and is one of the wealthy real estate men of that section. He has one daughter. (12) Julia, born in 1847, is the late wife of Hugh McCormick, who resides at Pontiac, Michigan. She left five children.
     Peter Gilboe grew up on his father's farm, assisting in the work and receiving the limited education which was all that he could obtain in that day and place. As he grew toward manhood he worked by the day till he had earned enough to buy forty acres of his father's homestead, when he began farming for himself. All the present buildings he put up, and as time passed, he purchased one hundred acres adjoining his farm on the south. This place is all under cultivation and has been made one of the finest in the county. At present Mr. Gilboe is building a modern brick house on one part of his homestead, which his son, Hubert, is to occupy.
     Christmas Day, 1855, witnessed the marriage of Mr. Gilboe to Miss Abigail Neville, born in Gosfield North in June, 1835, the daughter of Francis and Nancy (Williams) Neville. They were of Welsh origin, and settled in Gosfield at about the same time with Joseph Gilboe. They passed the rest of their lives in that township, and were among the well-to-do and highly respected pioneers. Of the nine children of Peter and Abigail Gilboe, all born on the present farm, seven are living: (1) Cerona is the wife of Frederick Robinson, one of the wealthly and influential citizens of Essex, and has a family of four, Lottie, Gordon, Ethel and Gerald. (2) Isadore is the wife of Grover Hopgood, who resides on his farm on the Talbot Road, in Gosfield; they have one daughter, Dell. (3) Andrew married Miss Lottie Knight, of the County of Essex, and they have four children, Clara, Eva, Leo and Earle. He resides in Detroit, where he is foreman of the "Cadillac Hotel", one of the finest in the city. (4) Philo married Miss Mariah Stotts, of Essex. He is now in the gold fields of Montana, while his wife remains in Detroit, with her two children, Frank and Earl. (5) Hubert married Miss Jane Bradshaw, of London, and they reside on the old homestead, where he is the manager. He has one son, Carl. (6) Minnie May married Charles Williams, of Kent Bridge, Ont., and had one daughter, Mabel Gertrude. (7) Leonard, unmarried, is at home. He is a graduate of the Essex high school...

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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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Elizabeth Wigle 1807-1856