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Godfrey W. Penfold

Male 1901 - Yes, date unknown


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  1. 1.  Godfrey W. Penfold was born Jan 1901, , Ontario, Canada (son of Jesse Penfold and Janet Darby); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-170509
    • Residence: 1911, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jesse Penfold was born 19 Jun 1866, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Jesse Penfold and Hannah Wismer); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00133-8236.12
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; W. Methodist
    • Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Occupation: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Occupation: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, own farm
    • Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Jesse married Janet Darby 30 Jun 1897, Luther Township, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada. Janet was born 11 Jun 1869, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Janet Darby was born 11 Jun 1869, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Janet Penfold
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-57255
    • Residence: 1911, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
    • Residence: 1921, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

    Children:
    1. 1. Godfrey W. Penfold was born Jan 1901, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Harold F. Penfold was born Sep 1903, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Philipp Penfold was born 1905, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Catherine Phillippa Penfold was born 5 Nov 1905, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Emanuel United Cemetery, Hay Township, Huron Co., Ontario.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jesse PenfoldJesse Penfold was born 29 Dec 1823, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England; was christened 11 Jan 1824, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England (son of Jesse Penfold and Jane Tribe); died 20 Oct 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00133-8236.1
    • Residence: 1824, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England
    • Immigration: 1832, , Canada
    • Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist Wesley
    • Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; W. Methodist
    • Occupation: 1881, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
    • Retired: 1901, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Jesse Penfold, son of Jesse Penfold and Jane Tribe, was born in Sussex, England, on December 30th, 1823, and with his parents and his mother's parents, came to the township of Dumfries in 1832. He was there married, in 1842, to Hannah Wismer, who was born May 30th, 1825, and died in April, 1903.

    In the year 1844, Jesse Penfold took up the farm on which he has lived for sixty-two years, and he was the first settler on the west side of the river, between West Montrose and Elora, which is a distance of eight miles. His -farm is known as Lot 64 in the German Company's Tract, west of the Grand River, in the township of Woolwich. Among those in this family there are : Susannah, married Thomas Batters, lives in Saskatchewan ; Thomas married Margaret Annette Harvey and lives in Port Arthur ; Elizabeth married Jacob B. Hewitt and is now in South Dakota ; John married Emma Holzworth and lives on a farm a short distance north from his father's ; Phoebe was married to Robert Peel Winfield, and is now living in Elora ; Hannah was married to John Mit- chell and lives on the George Lawrence farm near the West Montrose school, and Jesse Penfold, jr., married Jessie (Janet) Darby, from Parry Sound, and lives on the old homestead with his father.

    John R. Connon, The Early History of Elora, Ontario, and Vicinity

    Jesse married Hannah Wismer 1842. Hannah (daughter of Johann "John" Wismer and Susannah Cressman) was born 23 May 1825, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Apr 1903, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Hannah Wismer was born 23 May 1825, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Johann "John" Wismer and Susannah Cressman); died 18 Apr 1903, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Hannah Penfold
    • Eby ID Number: 00133-8236
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Methodist
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; W. Methodist
    • Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

    Notes:

    Hannah Wismer, "was born May 23rd, 1825. She is married to Jesse Penfold, a farmer. They reside near Elora, Ontario, and have a family of eleven children".


    Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

    Children:
    1. Harriet M. Penfold died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Susannah Penfold was born 1841, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. David Penfold was born Mar 1843, , Ontario, Canada; died 18 Mar 1843; was buried , Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Elijah Penfold was born 25 Aug 1845, , Ontario, Canada; died 25 May 1865; was buried , Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. James Penfold was born 6 Sep 1847, , Ontario, Canada; died 6 Aug 1848; was buried , Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Thomas Penfold was born 1848, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Elizabeth Penfold was born 25 Feb 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Dec 1939, Fresno, Fresno, California, USA; was buried , Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno, Fresno, California, United States.
    8. John Henry Penfold was born 18 Nov 1853, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 30 Jun 1857, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jan 1936, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elora Cemetery, Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada.
    9. Ann Penfold was born 1854, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Harriett Penfold was born 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. Phebe Ann Penfold was born 30 Jun 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 30 Jun 1857, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    12. Hannah Penfold was born 25 Dec 1860, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    13. 2. Jesse Penfold was born 19 Jun 1866, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jesse Penfold was born 1779, , Surrey, England; died Bef 1881.

    Other Events:

    • Land: Woolwich Township German Company Tract 064, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-29631
    • Military: CA 1814, , Quebec, Canada; soldier
    • Residence: 1819, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England
    • Residence: 1824, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England
    • Residence: 1830, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Methodist
    • Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Retired Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; W. Methodist

    Jesse married Jane Tribe 2 Dec 1817, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England. Jane (daughter of Henry Tribe and Charlotte Tichnor) was born 1795, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England; was christened 10 Jun 1798, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Jane Tribe was born 1795, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England; was christened 10 Jun 1798, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England (daughter of Henry Tribe and Charlotte Tichnor); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Jane Penfold
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-29632
    • Christening: 17 Aug 1800, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England
    • Residence: 1819, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England
    • Residence: 1824, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England
    • Residence: 1830, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Wesley Methodist
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; W. Methodist
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weslyan Methodist

    Notes:

    Mr. and Mrs. Tribe, with their family, came from Sussex, England, in the year 1832. Mr. Tribe died during the first winter that the family was in Canada and was buried near Cornell's, on the site of which is now the 'Cress House' in Preston. In this family there were: Benjamin, who married Mary Ann Lepard and lived in Pilkington ; Johnathan married Martha Cornell, while Harry and Richard were not married. The daughters were Sarah, who was Mrs. Rapson ; Charlotte was M rs. Evans, and Mary was Mrs. Thomas Irvine, of Paisley, and it was at her home that her mother, Mrs. Tribe, died. Jane Tribe was married in Sussex, England, to Jesse Penfold, who had been a soldier and in service at the City of Quebec about 1814. They, with Mrs. Penfold's parents, came to Canada in 1832.

    The home of the 'Tribe' family was first in the township of Dumfries, then the mother and some of the family came to the township of Pilkington and lived in a log house which stood between the road and the river, not quite half way between what is best known as the 'James Ross' farm and Inverhaugh post office.

    The members of this, the older Penfold family, children of Jesse Penfold and Jane Tribe, were : Matilda, born in Sussex, England, on the same day as Queen Victoria, May 24th, 1819, and came to Canada in 1832. She was married to Thomas Adsett and they lived on a farm on the east side of the river road, which was the next farm south of Mr. Wollis'. They afterwards removed to Guelph, where Mr. Adsett died on April 21st, 1870, at the age of seventy. Mrs. Adsett was again married to the late James Hall, of Winter- bourne, and died April 24th, 1896, at the age of seventy six years and ten months. Jesse Penfold married Hannah Wismer ; Caroline married Henry Wilbee, a son of Henry Wilbee, of Elora, and now lives in Brussels ; Esther, born on board ship in 1832, married Owen Roberts and lived for many years where the Cascade Creek crosses the road near Thomas Cleghorn's farm in Pilkington, but, with a large family, moved to Kansas ; Harriet married John Scully and their family all live in Berlin.

    Jesse Penfold, son of Jesse Penfold and Jane Tribe, was born in Sussex, England, on December 30th, 1823, and with his parents and his mother's parents, came to the township of Dumfries in 1832. He was there married, in 1842, to Hannah Wismer, who was born May 30th, 1825, and died in April, 1903.

    In the year 1844, Jesse Penfold took up the farm on which he has lived for sixty-two years, and he was the first settler on the west side of the river, between West Montrose and Elora, which is a distance of eight miles. His farm is known as Lot 64 in the German Company's Tract, west of the Grand River, in the township of Woolwich. Among those in this family there are : Susannah, married Thomas Batters, lives in Saskatchewan ; Thomas married Margaret Annette Harvey and lives in Port Arthur ; Elizabeth married Jacob B. Hewitt and is now in South Dakota ; John married Emma Holzworth and lives on a farm a short distance north from his father's ; Phoebe was married to Robert Peel Winfield, and is now living in Elora ; Hannah was married to John Mit- chell and lives on the 'George Lawrence' farm near the West Montrose school, and Jesse Penfold, jr., married Jessie (Janet) Darby, from Parry Sound, and lives on the old homestead with his father.

    John R. Connon, The Early History of Elora, Ontario, and Vicinity

    Children:
    1. Matilda Penfold was born 24 May 1819, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England; was christened 12 Jun 1819, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England; died 24 Apr 1896; was buried , Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. James Penfold was born 1821, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England; was christened 26 Aug 1821, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England; died 1847, , Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada.
    3. 4. Jesse Penfold was born 29 Dec 1823, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England; was christened 11 Jan 1824, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England; died 20 Oct 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Caroline Penfold was born 7 Aug 1827, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England; was christened 12 Aug 1827, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England; died 7 Feb 1918, Brussels, Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario; was buried , Brussels Cemetery, Brussels, Grey Twp., Huron Co., Ontario.
    5. Harriet Penfold was born 1829, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England; was christened 22 Jan 1830, Lurgashall, , Sussex, England; died 20 Nov 1873.
    6. Esther Penfold was born 2 Jun 1832, Atlantic Ocean; died 21 Feb 1916, Pleasant View Township, Cherokee Co., Kansas; was buried , Mound Cemetery, Crestline, Cherokee, Kansas, United States.
    7. Jane Penford was born 4 May 1837, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 10.  Johann "John" Wismer was born 2 Apr 1799, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania (son of Joseph Wismer and Hannah Fried); died 23 Jul 1890, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153600819
    • Name: John Wismer
    • Eby ID Number: 00133-8234
    • Occupation: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; labourer
    • Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
    • Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    John Wismer, "was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, April 2nd, 1799. He was married, in 1822, to Susannah Cressman who was born in 1801. The resided near Blair where he was engaged in farming. He died July 23rd, 1890, and she died in September, 1838. Their family consisted of nine children"


    Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

    Residence:
    Lived besides his daughter and son Joseph

    Johann married Susannah Cressman 1822. Susannah (daughter of Jacob Cressman and Elizabeth Longennecker) was born 1801, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 8 Sep 1840, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Susannah Cressman was born 1801, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Jacob Cressman and Elizabeth Longennecker); died 8 Sep 1840, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153600865
    • Name: Susannah Wismer
    • Eby ID Number: 00028-2046

    Notes:

    Susannah Cressman, "was born in 1801. She was married to John Wismer who was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, April 2nd, 1799, and died in Waterloo County, Ontario, July 23rd, 1890. She died in 1838. To them was born a family of nine children"


    Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

    Children:
    1. Wismer
    2. Jacob Wismer was born 23 Feb 1823, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Apr 1899, Tilden Township, Osborne Co., Kansas; was buried , Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bloomington, Osborne, Kansas, United States.
    3. 5. Hannah Wismer was born 23 May 1825, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Apr 1903, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Abraham Wismer was born 29 Mar 1828, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jul 1861, West Williams Twp, Middlesex Co., Ontario; was buried , Sylvan United Cemetery, West Williams Twp., Middlesex Co., Ontario.
    5. Joseph Cressman Wismer was born 20 Apr 1829, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Aug 1914, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Elizabeth Wismer was born 13 Mar 1831, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Mar 1924, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Susannah Wismer was born 16 Aug 1833, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 May 1922, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA; was buried , Gaines Cemetery, Cutlerville, Kent, Michigan, United States.
    8. John C. Wismer was born 11 Aug 1835, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jul 1930; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Henry Wismer was born 10 Jul 1837, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 May 1925; was buried , New Hamburg Reformed Menn. Cem., New Hamburg, Waterloo, ON.
    10. Julia Esther Wismer was born 18 Mar 1840, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


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