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

Joseph B. Wile[1, 2]

Male 1866 - 1938  (72 years)


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  • Name Joseph B. Wile 
    Born 18 May 1866  Rosendale, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Rosendale, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    butcher 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Painter 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Protestant 
    Occupation 1901  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1911  Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Farmer Painting 
    Residence 1911  Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00130-8074 
    Died 15 Oct 1938  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9
    Buried Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I9859  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Peter Wile,   b. 24 Mar 1823, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1892, Near Bridgeport, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Sarah Bingeman,   b. 13 Nov 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1909, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 26 Dec 1855  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13
    Family ID F2843  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Martha Kuempel,   b. 8 Jul 1868, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Dec 1943, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Children 
     1. Gertrude Wiles,   b. 8 Sep 1889, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jun 1933, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
     2. Sarah May Wile,   b. 1 May 1891, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Dorothea "Dorothy" Dora Wile,   b. 27 May 1893, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Olga Florence Wile,   b. 18 Jun 1908, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1987  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F2848  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Joseph B. Wile, "was born May 18th, 1866. He is married to Martha Kuenben and resides at Bloomingdale where he is engaged as a wage-earner. His family consists of three children"


      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.].

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      JOSEPH B. WILE - 4th son o f Peter Wile was born May 18, 1866 at Rosendale. He was married to Margaret Kuempel, horn July 8, 1868. He purchased the one acre on the Rosendale Corner, east side of County road #13, previously owned by Isaac S. Moyer, May 31st, 1902. He was a painter and also a butcher, having a slaughter house at the rear of his house. He had a regular route, calling from door to door through Bloomingdale, New Germany (Maryhill) and back road, Township road #11 to Breslau.

      He moved to his father's old homestead on Bridgeport road, now Kraft road, in 1908 renting theproperty from his brother Isaac, moving to Berlin (Kitchener) in 1915. The property on the corner was rented to various parties until 1920 when it was sold to his nephew, Oscar Wile for $1,400. The Wile family were of Lutheran faith . The family consisted of four daughters - Mr. Joseph
      B. Wile died in 1938.

      Tweedsmuir History Bridgeport Vol 2 Rosendale

  • 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..., 640.

    2. [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..., 275.

    3. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-2 Page 4.

    4. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Waterloo N. Twp. 1881 Page 8.

    5. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Division 2 (Bloomingdale) Page 4.

    6. [S2545] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Township North 1891, Section 1 page 39.

    7. [S226] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery CC#4581 Internet Link.
      [Front/West] Wile/ Joseph B. Wile/ 1866-1938/ Margaret Kuempel/ His beloved wife/ 1868-1943/ At Rest

    8. [S514] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1871, Sect. 2 Page 44.

    9. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Margaret Martha Wiles - January 27, 1944, pages 925, 926, 927 and 928.

    10. [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..., 639.

    11. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Peter Weil, mason of Waterloo married 26 Dec 1855 in Kitchener by banns to Sara Bingemann of Waterloo

    12. [S2545] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Township North 1891, Waterloo Township, Sect. 1 Page 7.

    13. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 3 Jan 1856 Pg: 1.
      BINGEMAN, Sara married 26 Dec 1855 To Peter WEIL. Both of Waterloo Township. minister F. W. Bindemann

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - 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 - Painter - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Protestant - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer Painting - 1911 - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 15 Oct 1938 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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