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Julia
Gilboe
Lived in Pontiac, Michigan.
History of the Wigle Family and Their Descendants, The Wigle Family, Kingsville, Ontario, 1931.
County Marriage Registers of Ontario, Canada 1858-1869 Volume 35 Essex County, Elizabeth Hancocks, 2005, Global Heritage Press, Campbellville, 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.
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