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Amos M. Wildfong[1, 2, 3]

Male 1845 - 1920  (75 years)


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  • Name Amos M. Wildfong 
    Born 22 Oct 1845  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Agricultural Laborer 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1867  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Occupation 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1871  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    carpenter 
    Occupation 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Carpenter 
    Residence 1881  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Evangelical 
    Occupation 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Carpenter 
    Residence 1891  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Evangelical 
    Occupation 1901  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    machinist 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Carpenter 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Evangelical 
    Eby ID Number 000131-8104 
    Died 24 Nov 1920  Kitchener Waterloo Commission, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 14] 
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 14] 
    Person ID I13499  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

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

    Family Barbara Funk,   b. 5 Nov 1849, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 9 Feb 1867  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12] 
    Children 
     1. Isaiah F. Wildfong,   b. 22 Nov 1866, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     2. Josiah E. Wildfong,   b. 22 Nov 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1905, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years)
     3. Mary Wildfong,   b. 25 May 1870, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     4. John Henry Wildfong,   b. 4 Dec 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1946, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     5. Menno Wildfong,   b. CALC 10 Oct 1874,   d. 23 Jul 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 1 years)
     6. Anna Wildfong,   b. 7 Apr 1877, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1975  (Age 97 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F3705  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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.].

  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [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.

    3. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 27 Jul 1876.
      Died 23 Jul 1876 In Berlin, Menno, son of Amos Wildfang, died at the age of 1 year, 9 months, 13 days.

    4. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, a-2 pg 13.

    5. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Division 2 Page Number 24 Household Number 124.

    6. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.
      Barbara Funk / wife of / Amos M. Wildfong / 1849-1932

    7. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 Pg 6.
      Amos WILDFANG Birthplace: Canada F. Age 7 Mennonite

    8. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 24.

    9. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div 35 Page 5.

    10. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 4, Pg.12.

    11. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 2 Page 30.

    12. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Amos Wildfang, 21, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, son of Eli & Nancy (Moser), married 9 Feb 1867 Barbara Funk, 18, res. Woolwich, b/ Woolwich, daughter of Johann & Maria (Schussier)

    13. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 60.

    14. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, F., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, F. (1845). Amos M. Wildfong (1845-1920) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 15 June 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209969726/amos-m_-wildfong.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Oct 1845 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Agricultural Laborer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1867 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 Feb 1867 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - carpenter - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carpenter - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carpenter - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - machinist - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carpenter - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Nov 1920 - Kitchener Waterloo Commission, Kitchener, , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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