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H Joseph Gilboe

Mariages et enfants

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

1861 personal census, Gosfield Twp, Essex Co., ON, 5-7:
Gilboe Joseph, M, Widowed, 66, born LC, W Methodist, Farmer;
Susanah, F, 21, born UC, W Methodist;
Solomon, M, 19, born UC, W Methodist, Farmer;
George, M, 16, born UC, W Methodist, Farmer;
Simon, M, 12, born UC, W Methodist.

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. 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.
     Mr. Gilboe's political views are those of the Conservative party. He takes an intelligent interest in general politics, and has always been keenly alive to the best interests of his locality, but has never been actively concerned in public life. In religious belief he, like his wife, is a member of the Methodist Church. He was one of the founders and builders of the North Ridge Methodist Church, located on a part of his farm and has been one of its trustees for many years, besides being prominent in all phases of its work. His life has been one of usefulness and of a steady development of character, and now, in his declining years he is crowned with blessings and honor. He has witnessed the development of this section from its most primitive state, for when he came here wild animals were still numerous, and they were obliged to pen up the cattle and sheep as early as four in the afternoon. The white ash cordwood had to be drawn to Sandwich, a distance of twenty-two miles, to be sold, and their butter and eggs were carried in baskets a distance of ten miles, to Kingsville, then the nearest market.

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...
     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...
     We have the following record of the eleven children born to this pioneer couple: ... Wendel, born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 17, 1781, married Isabella Scratch, and died April 6, 1860....
     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... 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... To this couple came a large family, viz: ... Elizabeth, born Nov. 8, 1807, married Joseph Gilboe...