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Ida Cathleen Wildfong

Female 1904 - 2002  (97 years)


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  1. 1.  Ida Cathleen Wildfong was born 2 Nov 1904, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John David Wildfong and Mary Louisa Sophia Lisso); died 15 Apr 2002, Redlands, San Bernardino, California, USA; was buried , San Gorgonio Memorial Park, Banning, Riverside, California, United States.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Ida Cathleen Gordiner
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-207043

    Notes:

    Ida C. Gordier
    Died: Monday, April 15, 2002
    Age: 97

    Redlands, Californnia

    Ida C. Gordier, 97, of Redlands, California (formerly of Oxford), died April 15, 2002 at Braswell's Colonial Care, Redlands, California.

    She was born November 2, 1904, in Ontario, Canada, to John and Mary (Lisso) Wildfong.

    She married Fred W. Gordier in Hespeler, Ontario, Canada on November 13, 1921.

    She was a homemaker, wife and mother.

    She is survived by her grandson, Larry of Clinton Township; great-granddaughters, Jodi Ferguson of Lapeer, Tammy Waymaster of St. Clair Shores, Brenda Jeffery of North Branch; and seven great-great-grandchildren.

    She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred in 1988; and son, Wilford in 1985.

    Funeral services were April 19 at Wiefels and Son Funeral Home in Banning, California.

    Burial was in San Gorgonia Memorial Park, Banning, California.

    Michigan Obituary and Death Notice Archive - Page 454. (2019). Genlookups.com. Retrieved 27 September 2019, from https://www.genlookups.com/mi/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/458

    Ida married Frederick Wesley Gordiner 18 Nov 1921, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Frederick (son of Eli Gordier and Elizabeth Jane Rhea) was born 3 Aug 1896, Ekfrid Twp., Middlesex Co., Ontario; died 23 Jan 1989, Banning, Riverside, California, United States; was buried , San Gorgonio Memorial Park, Banning, Riverside, California, United States. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John David Wildfong was born 12 Mar 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Bishop John Wildfong and Catherine Ann Holm); died 18 Apr 1942, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00056-3841.4
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Laborer

    John married Mary Louisa Sophia Lisso 3 May 1892, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of John Lisso and Mary Krampien) was born 23 Jan 1871, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Apr 1954, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Louisa Sophia Lisso was born 23 Jan 1871, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Lisso and Mary Krampien); died 12 Apr 1954, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Louisa Sophia Wildfong
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-93056
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. Gladys Mary Wildfong was born 5 Feb 1893, , Ontario, Canada; died 1974, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Frank Alva Wildfong was born 23 Jul 1895, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. John Herbert Wildfong was born 11 Dec 1899, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1972, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 1. Ida Cathleen Wildfong was born 2 Nov 1904, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Apr 2002, Redlands, San Bernardino, California, USA; was buried , San Gorgonio Memorial Park, Banning, Riverside, California, United States.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Bishop John Wildfong was born 23 Nov 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Eli Wildfong and Nancy Mosser); died 22 May 1912, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: John Wildfang
    • Eby ID Number: 000131-8102
    • Occupation: 1872, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard

    Notes:

    John Wildfong, "a farmer,is married to Catherine Holm. They reside near Hespeler, Ontario. Some time ago he was ordained as a minister of the (Dunkard) River Brethren denomination."


    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.].

    John married Catherine Ann Holm 1 May 1864, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Catherine (daughter of Rev. Peter Niles Holm and Susannah Gingerich) was born 21 Mar 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Jul 1924; was buried , Crossroads Brethren in Christ Cemetery, Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Catherine Ann Holm was born 21 Mar 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Rev. Peter Niles Holm and Susannah Gingerich); died 10 Jul 1924; was buried , Crossroads Brethren in Christ Cemetery, Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Catherine Ann Wildfong
    • Eby ID Number: 00056-3841
    • Residence: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunkard

    Notes:

    Catharine Holm, "is married to John Wildfong, a farmer. They reside about a mile east of Hespeler. Their family consisted of five 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. Eli Wildfong was born , Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Wildfong
    3. Nathaniel H. Wildfong was born 21 Mar 1865, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 15 Dec 1945, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. John Wildfong was born 1869, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 2. John David Wildfong was born 12 Mar 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Apr 1942, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Mary Wildfong was born 1872, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Mary Ann Malinda Wildfong was born 31 May 1872, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 23 Oct 1959; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Ephraim Wildfong was born 10 Aug 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Rosa Wildfong was born 1881, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

  3. 6.  John Lisso was born 1825, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-410029
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Labourer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    John married Mary Krampien 1852. Mary was born 1825, , Germany; died Bef 1891. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Mary Krampien was born 1825, , Germany; died Bef 1891.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Krempir
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-410030
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Children:
    1. William Lisso was born 1852, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. John Lisso was born 1856, , Germany; died 1973; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Caroline Lisso was born 1858, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Franklin Lisso was born 25 May 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Jan 1933, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Mina "Minnie" Lisso was born 1863, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. August Christian Lisso was born 1 Jan 1867, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Jan 1945, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 9 Jan 1945, Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. 3. Mary Louisa Sophia Lisso was born 23 Jan 1871, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Apr 1954, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Eli Wildfong was born 15 Mar 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Joseph R. Wildfong and Christina Groh); died 27 Sep 1885; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39030425
    • Name: Eli Wildfang
    • Name: Elijah Wildfong
    • Eby ID Number: 000131-8101
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Eli Wildfong, "was born March 15th, 1819. He was married to Nancy Mosser. They resided near Hespeler where he was engaged in farming."


    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.].

    Eli — Nancy Mosser. Nancy (daughter of Peter Mosser and Elizabeth M. Wanner) was born 1 Nov 1821, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 1 Apr 1885, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 4 Apr 1885, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Nancy Mosser was born 1 Nov 1821, , Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Peter Mosser and Elizabeth M. Wanner); died 1 Apr 1885, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 4 Apr 1885, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39030154
    • Name: Agnes Mosser
    • Name: Nancy Wildfong
    • Eby ID Number: 00082-4906
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Nancy Mosser, "was married to Eli Wildfong. They resided on her father's old place when the house was burnt. To them was born a family of ten children..., Simon and Peter (twins)."

    Nancy Mosser, "was married to Eli Wildfong and resided near Hespeler, on the old 'Jacob Mosser Farm'."

    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.].

    _______________________________________


    WILDFANG - On the 1st of April, near Hespeler, in Waterloo Co., Ontario, Nancy, wife of Eli Wildfang, aged 64 years and 5 months. She was buried on the 4th at Wanners' Meeting-house. Services by J. Woolner in English, and J.B. Gingrich in German. Text, Job 19: 25 and 2 Cor. 5: 1.

    Herald of Truth - Volume XXII, Number 8 - April 15, 1885, Page 127

    ___________________________


    !according to the 1851 Census of Waterloo Township Nancy was named Agnes and born in Canada. Does this mean that there were two wives and what is in error?

    Children:
    1. 4. Bishop John Wildfong was born 23 Nov 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 May 1912, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada.
    2. Joseph Wildfong was born 24 Jul 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Nov 1922, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 5 Nov 1922, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Amos M. Wildfong was born 22 Oct 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Nov 1920, Kitchener Waterloo Commission, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Elizabeth Wildfong was born 14 May 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 May 1910, Elmwood, Bentinck Township, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , South Easthope United Church Cemetery, South Easthope, Perth Co., Ontario.
    5. Sarah Wildfong was born 22 Oct 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Sep 1921, Aylmer, Malahide Twp., Elgin Co., Ontario; was buried 28 Sep 1921, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Daniel Gordon Wildfong was born 24 May 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Sep 1920, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Leah Wildfong was born 24 Jan 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jun 1917, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Eli M. Wildfong was born 15 Feb 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Dec 1929, McKinley Township, Huron Co., Michigan; was buried , Grand Lawn Cemetery, Pigeon, Huron, Michigan, USA.
    9. Simon Wildfong was born 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Peter Wildfong was born 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Mar 1919, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  Rev. Peter Niles Holm was born 25 Sep 1808, Markham Twp., York Co., Ontario (son of Niehls P. "Nelson" Holm and Anna Catharine Philips); died 10 Apr 1883, East Of Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00056-3837
    • Historic Building: Abt 1850, 4860 Townline Rd, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Grist & Saw Miller
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Grist and Saw Miller
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dunker

    Notes:

    Peter Niles Holm, "was born September 25th, 1808. He was a minister and bishop of the denomination known as the River Brethren. He was highly esteemed by both his and other religious denominations, and was an active worker in the cause of winning souls for the kingdom of God. He was first married to Susannah Gingerich and after her decease to Catharine Groh, widow of the late Abraham Witmer. They resided a little east of Hespeler where he died April 10th, 1883. His family consisted of four children, all of his first wife"

    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.].

    Historic Building:
    3 story stone mill first begun as a sawmill in 1850 by Peter Holm, later Lewis Kribs became owner and ran as a flour and grist mill.

    Peter — Susannah Gingerich. Susannah (daughter of David H. Gingrich and Elizabeth Groh) was born 1810, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Susannah Gingerich was born 1810, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of David H. Gingrich and Elizabeth Groh); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Susannah Holm
    • Eby ID Number: 00039-3124
    • Residence: 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tunker

    Notes:

    Susannah Gingerich, "second daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Groh) Gingerich, was married to Rev. Peter Holm. They resided about one mile east of Hespeler where he was engaged in farming and milling. His family consisted of four 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. David Holm was born 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Peter G. Holm was born 2 Jul 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Aug 1920, Hanley, Saskatoon Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Elizabeth Holm was born Abt 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. 5. Catherine Ann Holm was born 21 Mar 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Jul 1924; was buried , Crossroads Brethren in Christ Cemetery, Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario.


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