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

Eli M. Wildfong[1, 2]

Male 1859 - 1929  (70 years)


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  • Name Eli M. Wildfong 
    Born 15 Feb 1859  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Farmer 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1883  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    farmer 
    Eby ID Number 000131-8109 
    Died 21 Dec 1929  McKinley Township, Huron Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Buried Grand Lawn Cemetery, Pigeon, Huron, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Person ID I13508  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 Catherine Elizabeth Frickey,   b. CALC 9 Jun 1860, Erbsville, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1882, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 22 years) 
    Married 26 Sep 1880  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. James Wildfong,   b. 31 Jul 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1909  (Age 27 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F3708  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Susan Wildfong,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F3709  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Mary Jane Wildfong,   b. 16 Sep 1862, Dashwood, Hay Township, Huron Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1917, McKinley Township, Huron Co., Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 5 Jul 1883  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F6442  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Eli M Wildfong
    Eli M Wildfong
    Krystal Harnden originally shared this on 29 Dec 2009 to Ancestry Public Member Tree

  • Notes 
    • Eli Wildfong, "was first married to Elizabeth Frickey and after her decease to Susan Wildfong. He is a farmer and lives in Huron County, Michigan."


      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..., 119.

    3. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 11222-80.
      Eli M. WILDFONG (Wildfang?), 21, farmer, Canada, Waterloo, s/o Eli & Nancy, married Catherine FRICKY, 20, Canada, Waterloo twp., d/o Frederick & Mary, witn: Amos WILDFONG of Berlin, 26 Sept 1880 at Berlin

    4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012183-83.
      Eli M. WILDFANG, 24, farmer, widower, Canada, Hespeler, s/o Eli & Nancy, married Mary Jane WILDFANG, 21, Canada, Dashwood - Hay twp., d/o Catherine WILDFANG, 5 July 1883 at Berlin

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

    6. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 1 Page 19.

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

    8. [S3231] Find A Grave, (2019). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 23 April 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36286912.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Feb 1859 - 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 - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 26 Sep 1880 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - farmer - 1883 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 5 Jul 1883 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 Dec 1929 - McKinley Township, Huron Co., Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Grand Lawn Cemetery, Pigeon, Huron, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
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