Bishop John Wildfong^{[1, 2, 3]}

1840 - 1912  (71 years)

• Name	John Wildfong
  Prefix	Bishop
  Born	23 Nov 1840	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Name	John Wildfang
  Occupation	1872	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	farmer
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Dunkard
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Dunkard
  Eby ID Number	000131-8102
  Died	22 May 1912	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  	Cause: double pneumonia (19 days)
  Person ID	I13496	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Eli Wildfong,   b. 15 Mar 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Sep 1885  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Nancy Mosser,   b. 1 Nov 1821, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1 Apr 1885, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F1278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Ann Holm,   b. 21 Mar 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Jul 1924  (Age 80 years)
  Married	1 May 1864	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  Children	1. Eli Wildfong,   b. Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Wildfong   3. Nathaniel H. Wildfong,   b. 21 Mar 1865, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Dec 1945, Ayr, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)   4. John Wildfong,   b. 1869, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. John David Wildfong,   b. 12 Mar 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Apr 1942, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)   6. Mary Wildfong,   b. 1872, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Mary Ann Malinda Wildfong,   b. 31 May 1872, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Oct 1959  (Age 87 years)   8. Ephraim Wildfong,   b. 10 Aug 1878, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Rosa Wildfong,   b. 1881, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F2905	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.].

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 644. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 807. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 118. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-4 Page 7. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 Pg 6. John WILDFANG Birthplace: Canada F. Age 11 Mennonite [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 40080 (1912), John Wildfang. John Wildfang, d. 22 May 1912 Puslinch Twp. aged 71y, 5m, 29d, cause: double pneumonia (19 days) [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 32024 (1912), John Wildfong. John Wildfong, d. 22 May 1912 Waterloo Twp. aged 71m, 5m, 29, b. 23 Nov 1840 s/o Eli Wildfong (b. Waterloo County) & Nancy Mosser (b. Waterloo County) cause: double pnemonia [S342] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1911, Div. 6 Pg. 12. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 43. [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, birth certificate 21823 (1872), Mary Melinda Wildfong. Mary Melinda Wildfong Date of Birth: 31 May 1872 Gender: Female Birth County: Wellington Father's Name: John Wildfong (carpenter of Puslinch) Mother's Name: Catherine Ann Holme [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), May 5, 1864. May 1, 1864 John Wildfang and Anna Catharina Holm, both of Waterloo Tp.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 Nov 1840 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 1 May 1864 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1872 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Dunkard - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Dunkard - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: double pneumonia (19 days) - 22 May 1912 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth