Daniel Gordon Wildfong^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1854 - 1920  (66 years)

• Name	Daniel Gordon Wildfong
  Born	24 May 1854	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174459321
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1876	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Carpenter
  Occupation	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Carpenter, Factory
  Residence	1911	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	000131-8107
  Died	17 Sep 1920	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 10]
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Person ID	I13504	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 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 1	Martha Magdalena Holm,   b. 27 Jan 1855, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Feb 1888, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 33 years)
  Married	27 Aug 1876	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Children	1. Alexander Wildfong,   b. 8 Jun 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Apr 1931, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)   2. Oliver Wilfong,   b. 20 Jan 1883, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1972, Moose Jaw, , Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F2913	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Janet McGregor,   b. 28 Sep 1866, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Dec 1945, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Married	1 Nov 1892	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Elizabeth Maud "Bessie" Wildfong,   b. 12 Aug 1893, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Feb 1968, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   2. Arthur Ray Wildfong,   b. 22 Sep 1895, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Oct 1965, Craik, Moose Jaw, , Saskatchewan, Canada  (Age 70 years)   3. Albert Wildfong,   b. 31 Jul 1897, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Nov 1899, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 2 years)   4. Dorothy Edith Wildfong,   b. 10 Sep 1899, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Jan 1990  (Age 90 years)   5. Ruth Kathryn Wildfong,   b. 24 Jan 1902, , Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Oct 1994, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)   6. Daniel Gordon Wildfong,   b. 25 Jan 1904, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Mar 1976  (Age 72 years)   7. Lawrence Eli Wildfong,   b. 6 Dec 1907, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Oct 1971, Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  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

  [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. [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. [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. [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. [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 [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 5. [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 [S392] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1911, Div. 21 Pg. 1. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 60. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174459321/daniel-gordon-wildfong.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 May 1854 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carpenter - 1876 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 27 Aug 1876 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 1 Nov 1892 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carpenter, Factory - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 17 Sep 1920 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth