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Gordon William Wildfong

Male 1898 - 1946  (47 years)


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  1. 1.  Gordon William Wildfong was born 19 Sep 1898, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Isaiah F. Wildfong and Minnie Fischer); died 1946; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-178628
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Isaiah F. Wildfong was born 22 Nov 1866, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Amos M. Wildfong and Barbara Funk); died 14 Sep 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-178624
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Servant
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Residence: 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer
    • Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Seed Agent
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Printer, Printing Plant
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Church Membership: 1936, Saint Peter's Evanglical Lutheran Church - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1936, Kitchener Daily Record Newspaper, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada; printer
    • Residence: 1936, 84 Albert St., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    ISAIAH F. WILDFONG

    Isaiah F. Wildfong passed away at his home, 84 Albert street north, this morning as the result of a heart attack. The deceased was born in Heidelberg on November 22, 1867, and had reached his 69th year. He was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran church and was a printer by trade, working at The Record for many years. He is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters, Clayton Wildfong of Detroit, Mich., and Gordon of Kitchener and Mrs. William Mitchell of Kitchener and Mrs. Frank Brezina of Detroit, Mich. Also surviving are one brother, John Wildfong of Toronto and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Strome of New Dundee and Mrs. William Manz of Kitchener, 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild. One son Floyd predeceased him 13 years ago. The funeral will take place with a service at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home on Wednesday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. Interment will be made in St. Peter's Lutheran cemetery. The remains will be at the Ratz-Bechttel Funeral Home until the funeral.

    Kitchener Daily Record 14 Sep 1936 pg 13

    Isaiah married Minnie Fischer 15 Sep 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Minnie was born 18 Jul 1866, Ayton, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; died 4 Oct 1939; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Minnie Fischer was born 18 Jul 1866, Ayton, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; died 4 Oct 1939; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Minnie Wildfong
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-178625
    • Residence: 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Church Membership: 1936, Saint Peter's Evanglical Lutheran Church - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Children:
    1. Floyd Wildfong was born , , Ontario, Canada; died 1922.
    2. Clayton Ervine Wildfong was born 11 Nov 1888, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. Gertrude Viola "Gertie" Wildfong was born 7 Oct 1890, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1964; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Irene Olivia Wildfong was born Sep 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 1. Gordon William Wildfong was born 19 Sep 1898, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1946; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Amos M. Wildfong was born 22 Oct 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Eli Wildfong and Nancy Mosser); died 24 Nov 1920, Kitchener Waterloo Commission, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 000131-8104
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
    • Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; machinist
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

    Notes:

    Amos Wildfong,(Father to Isaiah who was engaged for several years with The Berlin Publishing Co., of Berlin, Ontario) "is married to Barbara Funk. They reside in Berlin where he is engaged as a carpenter and builder."


    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.].

    Amos married Barbara Funk 9 Feb 1867, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Barbara (daughter of Johannes "John" Funk and Mary Schickler) was born 5 Nov 1849, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Apr 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Barbara Funk was born 5 Nov 1849, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Johannes "John" Funk and Mary Schickler); died 13 Apr 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Barbara Wildfong
    • Eby ID Number: 000131-8104.1
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1867, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

    Children:
    1. 2. Isaiah F. Wildfong was born 22 Nov 1866, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Sep 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Josiah E. Wildfong was born 22 Nov 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Oct 1905, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Mary Wildfong was born 25 May 1870, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. John Henry Wildfong was born 4 Dec 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Jul 1946, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto, York Co., Ontario.
    5. Menno Wildfong was born CALC 10 Oct 1874; died 23 Jul 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Anna Wildfong was born 7 Apr 1877, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1975; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, 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. 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. 4. 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.  Johannes "John" Funk was born 1 Mar 1821, Lebenhau, Neustadt, Bavaria, Germany; died 14 Apr 1863, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: John Funk
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-95808
    • Residence: 1846, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
    • Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Johannes married Mary Schickler 23 Jun 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary was born 23 Apr 1827, , France; died 5 Feb 1905, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mary Schickler was born 23 Apr 1827, , France; died 5 Feb 1905, Roseville, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Funk
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-95810
    • Residence: 1846, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonist
    • Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    MARY FUNK

    Died in Roseville, Ont., on Sunday, February 5th, 1905, Mary Funk Relict of the late John Funk, aged 77 years, 9 months, 13 days The funeral will take place from he late residence, Francis Street, Berlin, on Wednesday afternoon next at 1 l`clock, to the Evangelical Church for Service, thence to Martin`s Burial Grounds, three miles north of Waterloo, for interment. Friends and acquaintances will please accept this intimation.


    Funeral Card in possession of Anne Heibein Olsen 2013

    Children:
    1. Catherine Funk was born 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 5. Barbara Funk was born 5 Nov 1849, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Apr 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Veronica "Fronica" "Fanny" Funk was born 1850, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Maria Funk was born 2 Apr 1854, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jan 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Nancy Funk was born 1855, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. Lydia Funk was born 1858, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Henry Funk was born 1861, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. John Funk was born 1862, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Josiah Wilfang was born 1868, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Mary Wilfang was born 1870, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


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