Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Daniel Gordon Wildfong[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1854 - 1920  (66 years)


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  • Name Daniel Gordon Wildfong 
    Born 24 May 1854  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174459321 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Farmer 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1876  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Carpenter 
    Occupation 1911  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Carpenter, Factory 
    Residence 1911  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 000131-8107 
    Died 17 Sep 1920  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 10
    Buried New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I13504  Generations
    Last Modified 6 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 1 Martha Magdalena Holm,   b. 27 Jan 1855, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1888, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years) 
    Married 27 Aug 1876  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Alexander Wildfong,   b. 8 Jun 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 1931, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     2. Oliver Wilfong,   b. 20 Jan 1883, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1972, Moose Jaw, , Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F2913  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Janet McGregor,   b. 28 Sep 1866, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1945, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 1 Nov 1892  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Maud "Bessie" Wildfong,   b. 12 Aug 1893, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1968, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     2. Arthur Ray Wildfong,   b. 22 Sep 1895, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1965, Craik, Moose Jaw, , Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     3. Albert Wildfong,   b. 31 Jul 1897, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1899, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
     4. Dorothy Edith Wildfong,   b. 10 Sep 1899, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1990  (Age 90 years)
     5. Ruth Kathryn Wildfong,   b. 24 Jan 1902, , Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1994, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     6. Daniel Gordon Wildfong,   b. 25 Jan 1904, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1976  (Age 72 years)
     7. Lawrence Eli Wildfong,   b. 6 Dec 1907, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1971, Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F35750  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Daniel Wildfong, "was married to Martha Holm and after her decease he was married again but the name of second wife was not received. They reside in Puslinch Township, not far from Hespeler. He is a carpenter by trade."

      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..., 645.

    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. [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..., 809.

    4. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 26 Jan 1888.
      Died 16 Jan 1888 Margaretha Wildfang, née Holm, wife of Daniel Wildfang, at age of 33 years, & 22 days.

    5. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11209-76.
      Daniel Wildfong, 23, occ. Carpenter, b. Canada, res. Waterloo Twp., son of Eli & Nancy, Married Martha Holm, 21, b. Canada, res. Puslinch, daughter of Neil & Susannah, Witn: Emily Scott & Bella Balfour, Both of Berlin, 27 Aug 1876 at Berlin

    6. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 5.

    7. [S237] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - New Hope CC#4498 Internet Link .
      Wildfong/ In Loving Memory Of/ Daniel Wildfong/ Died Sept. 17, 1920/ Aged 65 Years/ His Wife/ Mary J. McGregor/ Died Dec. 28, 1945/ Aged 79 Years/ Asleep In Jesus

    8. [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 21 Pg. 1.

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

    10. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174459321/daniel-gordon-wildfong.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 May 1854 - 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 MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carpenter - 1876 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 27 Aug 1876 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1 Nov 1892 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carpenter, Factory - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Sep 1920 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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