Ervin Herbert "Curly" Wildfong^[1]

1884 - 1976  (91 years)

• Name	Ervin Herbert "Curly" Wildfong
  Born	19 Nov 1884	Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Curly Wildfong
  Name	Irvin Herbert Wildfong
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Laborer
  Occupation	1906	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	laborer
  Occupation	1911	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Laborer, Foundry
  Residence	1911	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	000131-8122.10
  Died	10 Apr 1976	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Buried	Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Person ID	I13553	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Amos S. Wildfong,   b. 22 Feb 1847, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Apr 1901  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Sarah Witmer,   b. 21 Feb 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Dec 1884, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 41 years)
  Married	15 Sep 1874	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F1167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pearl Blanche Near,   b. 16 Oct 1885, West Garafraxa Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario ,   d. 1981  (Age 95 years)
  Married	14 Oct 1909	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 11]
  Children	1. Ross Wildfong   2. Harold Herbert Wildfong,   b. 17 Sep 1909, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2003  (Age 93 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F40349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  WILDFONG, Ervin H. (Curly) Formerly of Hamilton Street, Cambridge (Preston), at the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, Saturday, April 10, 1976, Ervin H. (Curly) Wildfong, beloved husband of Pearl Near, dear father of Harold of Kitchener, Ross of Niagara-On-The-Lake, in his 92nd year. Mr. Wildfong was born in Strasburg, Ont. and had been a resident of Cambridge (Preston), for 60 years and was a conductor on the Grand River Railway, for 33 years, retiring in 1950. A member of St. Paul's United Church and of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Also survived by four grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren. Resting at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home, 566 Queenston Rd., Cambridge (Preston), where funeral services will be conducted, Tuesday, at 2 p.m. Interment Preston cemetery. Kitchener-Waterloo Record 12 Apr 1976 pg 31

  
  

• 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..., 647. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-2 Page 4. [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, birth certificate 902255 (1939), Erwin Herbert Wildfong. Ervin Herbert Wildfong, b. 21 Nov 1884 Strasburg, s/o Amos Wildfong & Sarah Witmer. informant Elisabeth Gledhill of Aurora, Ontario, 19 May 1939 [S1669] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1911, Div. 23 Page 1. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Name:Ervin Herbert Wildfong Date of Birth:21 Nov 1884 Gender:Male Birth Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father's name:Amos Wildfong Mother's name:Sarah Witmer [S2560] aaaWaterloo Township South 1891, Sect. 1 Page 36. [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, birth certificate 49372 (1906), Harold Herbert Wildfong. Harold Herbert Wildfong b. 17 Sep 1909 Wilmot, s/o Irwin Herbert Wildfong (laborer) & Pear Near married Preston 14 Oct 1908 [S239] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Preston CC#6335 Cemetery Internet Link . WILDFONG/ Ervin H./ 1884 - 1976/ Pearl B./ 1885 - 1981/ Rest in peace. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 009769-74. (Waterloo Co.) Amos WILDFONG, 27, farmer, Canada, Waterloo, widower, s/o Joseph & Elizabeth married Sarah WISMER, 23, Canada, Waterloo, d/o Abraham & Catharine, witn: Carl SCHLEGEL & Phillipoena HAGEDORN both of Waterloo, 15 September 1874 in Berlin [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 17 Sep 1874. 15 Sep 1874 By Pastor Muenzinger in Philipsburg, Amos Wildfang was married to Sarah Witmer, both of Waterloo Township. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Name:Irvin Herbert Wildfong Age:23 Birth Date:abt 1885 Marriage Date:14 Oct 1908 Marriage County or District:Waterloo Father:Amos Wildfong Mother:Sarah Witmer Spouse:Pearl Near Spouse's Age:21 Spouse Birth Date:abt 1887 Spouse Father:John Naer Spouse Mother:Eliz Monahon

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Nov 1884 - Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - laborer - 1906 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 14 Oct 1909 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer, Foundry - 1911 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 10 Apr 1976 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth