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Peter Wile

Male 1823 - 1892  (68 years)


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  1. 1.  Peter Wile was born 24 Mar 1823, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 13 Jan 1892, Near Bridgeport, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Rosendale, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 071, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Eby ID Number: 00130-8068
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; mason in employ of John Tyson
    • Occupation: 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; mason
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mason
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mason
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mason
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Peter Wile, "son of John Wile, was a native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he was born March 24th, 1823. When a young man he came to Canada and settled in Waterloo County where he was engaged as a mason, bricklayer and plasterer. On December 27th, 1855, he was married to Sarah, youngest daughter of John and Hannah (Bergey) Bingeman. She was born in Waterloo County, November 13th, 1827. They resided about two miles north-east of Bridgeport where he died January 13th, 1892. His widow still resides in their old homestead. To them were born eight 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

    Peter married Sarah Bingeman 26 Dec 1855, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of Johannes "John" Bingeman and Hannah S. Bergey) was born 13 Nov 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jan 1909, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. John B. Wile  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Oct 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 3. Albert B. Wile  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Sep 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jun 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 4. Isaac B. Wile  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Jul 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Feb 1930, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 5. Hannah Wile  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Apr 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Sep 1940, Gaines, Kent, Michigan.
    5. 6. Angeline Wile  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Sep 1864, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1949; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 7. Joseph B. Wile  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 May 1866, Rosendale, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Oct 1938, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. 8. Solomon B. Wile  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Aug 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. 9. Aaron B. Wile  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Jul 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John B. Wile Descendancy chart to this point (1.Peter1) was born 9 Oct 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00130-8069
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Miller
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    John B. Wile, "was born October 9th, 1856. He resides at Wabigina, Ohio, where he is engaged as foreman in some large roller flour mills. He is not married."


    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.].


  2. 3.  Albert B. Wile Descendancy chart to this point (1.Peter1) was born 10 Sep 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jun 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00130-8070


  3. 4.  Isaac B. Wile Descendancy chart to this point (1.Peter1) was born 15 Jul 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Feb 1930, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Isaac B. Wiles
    • Eby ID Number: 00130-8071
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Contractor Home Builder
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Occupation: 1921, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1921, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Notes:

    Isaac B. Wile, "was born July 15th, 1860. He is a carpenter and builder, and is married to Elizabeth Wagner. They reside on his father's old homestead. His family consisted of four 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.].

    Isaac married Elizabeth B. "Lizzie" Wagner 19 Jan 1887, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of John F. Wagner and Anna Marie Gischler) was born 14 Nov 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 May 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 10. Arthur Wile  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Sep 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Apr 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 11. Aaron Edgar Wile  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Feb 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jan 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 12. John Henry Wile  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 Dec 1890, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Apr 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 13. Oscar Wiles  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Feb 1893, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Mar 1980, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 14. Harvey Wile  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1901, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    6. 15. Isac Wile  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1902, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. 16. Harvey Albert Wile  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Mar 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Jun 1981, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. 17. Isaac "Ike" Wiles  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Jan 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Dec 1995, Orillia, Orillia Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario; was buried , Saint Michael's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Orillia, Orillia, , Ontario, Canada.
    9. 18. Joseph W. Wile  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Aug 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1980; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  4. 5.  Hannah Wile Descendancy chart to this point (1.Peter1) was born 15 Apr 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Sep 1940, Gaines, Kent, Michigan.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Hannah Johnson
    • Eby ID Number: 00130-8072
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Millenery
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Hannah Wile, "was born April 15th, 1863. She is married to Samuel Johnson, a farmer. They reside near Caledonia, Kent County, Michigan. They have no family."


    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.].

    Hannah married Samuel Johnson 4 Jan 1893, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Samuel (son of Michael B. Johnson and Sarah) was born 25 May 1857, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Sep 1928, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet]


  5. 6.  Angeline Wile Descendancy chart to this point (1.Peter1) was born 15 Sep 1864, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1949; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Angeline Schaefer
    • Eby ID Number: 00130-8073
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Servant
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1885, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1934, 23 Spetz St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Angeline Wile, "was born September 15th, 1864. She is married to Henry Schaefer, a marble worker. They reside at Buffalo, New York, and have a family of two 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.].

    Angeline married Henry H. Schaefer 20 Apr 1885, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Henry (son of Caspar Schaefer and Anna Elizabeth Braun) was born 19 Apr 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 17 Nov 1861, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Sep 1934, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 19. Mabel H. Schaefer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Dec 1885, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 1 Jan 1887, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1919; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 20. Jared H. "Jerry" Schaefer  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Dec 1887, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Oct 1892; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  6. 7.  Joseph B. Wile Descendancy chart to this point (1.Peter1) was born 18 May 1866, Rosendale, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Oct 1938, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Rosendale, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; butcher
    • Eby ID Number: 00130-8074
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Painter
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Painting
    • Residence: 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    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.].

    _______________________

    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

    Joseph — Margaret Martha Kuempel. Margaret was born 8 Jul 1868, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Dec 1943, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 21. Gertrude Wiles  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Sep 1889, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jun 1933, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 22. Sarah May Wile  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 May 1891, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 23. Dorothea "Dorothy" Dora Wile  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 May 1893, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. 24. Olga Florence Wile  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 Jun 1908, , Ontario, Canada; died 1987.

  7. 8.  Solomon B. Wile Descendancy chart to this point (1.Peter1) was born 9 Aug 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00130-8075
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Solomon B. Wile, "was born August 9th, 1867. He is unmarried and resides at Sturgis, Michigan, where he is engaged as a builder."


    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.].


  8. 9.  Aaron B. Wile Descendancy chart to this point (1.Peter1) was born 12 Jul 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00130-8076
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Aaron B. Wile, "the youngest in family, was born July 12th, 1869. He is unmarried and resides at Sturgis, Michigan, where he is engaged with his brother in contracting and building."


    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.].



Generation: 3

  1. 10.  Arthur Wile Descendancy chart to this point (4.Isaac2, 1.Peter1) was born 7 Sep 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Apr 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00130-8071.2 
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran


  2. 11.  Aaron Edgar Wile Descendancy chart to this point (4.Isaac2, 1.Peter1) was born 4 Feb 1889, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jan 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00130-8071.3


  3. 12.  John Henry Wile Descendancy chart to this point (4.Isaac2, 1.Peter1) was born 18 Dec 1890, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Apr 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00130-8071.4
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran


  4. 13.  Oscar Wiles Descendancy chart to this point (4.Isaac2, 1.Peter1) was born 26 Feb 1893, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Mar 1980, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Employer: Oscar Wiles Construction Ltd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: 00130-8071.5
    • Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter House Builder
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1980, 5 Maurice St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    WILES, Oscar -- At K-W Hospital, on Thursday, March 27, 1980, Oscar Wiles, age 87 years, of 5 Maurice st., Kitchener. He was a member of Holy Cross Lutheran Church and was president of Oscar Wiles Construction. Beloved husband of the former Marie E. Biesel; dear father of Mrs. Clarke (Martha) Dugan of Waterloo, Mrs. Gerald (Elizabeth) Arkell of Kitchener, Arthur, Donald, Norman (Bill), all of Kitchener, Peter of Waterloo and Richard of Waterloo; brother of Harvey of Kitchener, Isaac of Orillia; 12 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren also survive. Predeceased by his parents and four brothers; Joe, Arthur, John and Aaron. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W.. Kitchener. Funeral and committal service in the chapel on Sunday, 4 p.m. Rev Lloyd E. Wentzlaff will officiate. Interment St. Peter's Lutheran cemetery.

    Kitchener-Waterloo Record 28 Mar 1980

    __________________

    Oscar Wile is keeping up the Wile tradit ion as a builder and contractor.

    From the Kitchener-Waterloo Record of July 20, 1968

    "When Kitchener contractor Oscar Wiles and his wife head for the west coast on a motor holiday, they'll make a point of spending a few days in Edmonton.

    The oil capital stop will bring back memories of the time 57 years so when Mr .Wiles heeded the cry of "go west young man, go west."

    It was in 1911 when 18 year old Oscar heard of big money to be made in Edmonton as a carpenter or contractor. His father, Isaac Wiles, a carpenter-contractor, was paying Oscar 17 1/2 cents an hour. The pay out west was three times that figure, he was told .

    Mr. Wiles went into partnership in Edmonton as a house finisher with an Elmira man for four months and then built cupboards and stairways for an Edmonton house developer.

    His pay was 55 cents an hour. He had indeed hit "pay dirt" in the oil capital . But the big money was short lived. His father pleaded with him in daily letters to come home as his foreman had quit. Oscar came home.

    He helped build about 10 homes during his 55-cents-an-hour era. The Wiles will try to find them "for sentimental reasons".

    In 1927 Mr. Wiles started his own contracting firm and since then his company has built dozens of buildings in this area. They include schools, churches and factory additions.

    Mr. Wiles is the Twin Cities' oldest active contractor. As president o f Oscar Wiles and Sons Ltd ., he still signs all the cheques and looks after detail at his office in his home, 5 Maurice Street, Kitchener.

    His five sons, however, now look after the ''heavy work" Arthur is vice-president; Donald is supervisor; Norman is an estimator; Peter is general foreman and Richard is an estimator and superrvisor.

    The president's wife, Marie is secretary treasurer"

    Oscar married Maria Elizabeth Biesel Apr 1916. Maria (daughter of John Heinrich Biesel and Anna Martha Stutzman) was born 16 Jun 1897, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 25. Martha Wiles  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Nov 1916.
    2. 26. Arthur John Wiles  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 Feb 1918.
    3. 27. Donald Isaac Wiles  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Jul 1920.
    4. 28. Norman William "Bill" Wiles  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 Apr 1922.
    5. 29. Peter Joseph Wiles  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Feb 1924.
    6. 30. Richard Harvey Wiles  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Jul 1925.
    7. 31. Elizabeth Louise Wiles  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 14.  Harvey Wile Descendancy chart to this point (4.Isaac2, 1.Peter1) was born 1901, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-295587
    • Residence: 1921, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran


  6. 15.  Isac Wile Descendancy chart to this point (4.Isaac2, 1.Peter1) was born 1902, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-295588
    • Residence: 1921, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran


  7. 16.  Harvey Albert Wile Descendancy chart to this point (4.Isaac2, 1.Peter1) was born 29 Mar 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Jun 1981, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-172009
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Harvey — Aggie Mehlmann. Aggie (daughter of Casper Mehlmann and Lidwina Schaefer) was born Feb 1905, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  8. 17.  Isaac "Ike" Wiles Descendancy chart to this point (4.Isaac2, 1.Peter1) was born 5 Jan 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Dec 1995, Orillia, Orillia Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario; was buried , Saint Michael's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Orillia, Orillia, , Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Isaac Wile
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-172010
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

    Isaac married Esther Gertrude Meyer 30 Aug 1934, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Esther (daughter of Clemens Peter Meyer and Ida Victoria Haid) was born 17 Feb 1915, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Nov 2002, Orillia, Orillia Twp., Simcoe Co., Ontario; was buried , Saint Michael's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Orillia, Orillia, , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  9. 18.  Joseph W. Wile Descendancy chart to this point (4.Isaac2, 1.Peter1) was born 14 Aug 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1980; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Appearance: red hair
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-172011
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
    • Residence: 1921, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran


  10. 19.  Mabel H. Schaefer Descendancy chart to this point (6.Angeline2, 1.Peter1) was born 7 Dec 1885, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 1 Jan 1887, Church Of New Jerusalem, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1919; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00130-8073.2
    • Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutherana


  11. 20.  Jared H. "Jerry" Schaefer Descendancy chart to this point (6.Angeline2, 1.Peter1) was born 16 Dec 1887, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Oct 1892; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00130-8073.3


  12. 21.  Gertrude Wiles Descendancy chart to this point (7.Joseph2, 1.Peter1) was born 8 Sep 1889, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jun 1933, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Gertrude Helm
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-69603
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Protestant
    • Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic

    Gertrude married Emil Helm 18 Aug 1914, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Emil (son of John Michael Helm and Theresa Kieswetter) was born 30 Jan 1887, St. Clements, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Sep 1981; was buried , Mount Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 32. Mildred Helm  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1915, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 33. Marjorie Helm  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1917, , Ontario, Canada.

  13. 22.  Sarah May Wile Descendancy chart to this point (7.Joseph2, 1.Peter1) was born 1 May 1891, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: May Wile
    • Name: May Wiles
    • Eby ID Number: 00130-8074.3
    • Occupation: 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Button Maker Shirt Factory
    • Residence: 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Congregational
    • Residence: 1943, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

    Notes:

    SARAH MAY - born May 1, 1B91, married Henry Feltman, born 1887. He was was a salesman and they resided at Los Angeles, California


  14. 23.  Dorothea "Dorothy" Dora WileDorothea "Dorothy" Dora Wile Descendancy chart to this point (7.Joseph2, 1.Peter1) was born 27 May 1893, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Dora Wiles
    • Eby ID Number: 00130-8074.4
    • Residence: 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Congregational
    • Residence: 1943, Roscoe, , California


  15. 24.  Olga Florence WileOlga Florence Wile Descendancy chart to this point (7.Joseph2, 1.Peter1) was born 18 Jun 1908, , Ontario, Canada; died 1987.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-156347
    • Residence: 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Congregational



Generation: 4

  1. 25.  Martha Wiles Descendancy chart to this point (13.Oscar3, 4.Isaac2, 1.Peter1) was born 17 Nov 1916.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-156345


  2. 26.  Arthur John Wiles Descendancy chart to this point (13.Oscar3, 4.Isaac2, 1.Peter1) was born 19 Feb 1918.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-195117


  3. 27.  Donald Isaac Wiles Descendancy chart to this point (13.Oscar3, 4.Isaac2, 1.Peter1) was born 5 Jul 1920.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-195118


  4. 28.  Norman William "Bill" Wiles Descendancy chart to this point (13.Oscar3, 4.Isaac2, 1.Peter1) was born 19 Apr 1922.

    Other Events:

    • Military: WW2
    • Name: Bill Wiles
    • Residence: 5 Maurice St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-195119

    Notes:

    'We knew what fear was'
    Kitchener man, 96, recalls Second World War service in Normandy, Netherlands
    by Catherine Thompson Waterloo Region Record
    KITCHENER - Bill Wiles wasn't a war hero, and he wasn't in the thick of battle, but at 96, his memories of his time as a soldier in Europe in the Second World War still burn bright.
    Wiles, a trained carpenter, served as a sapper in the Royal Canadian Engineers, 1st Canadian Army, Mechanical Equipment Company. "We built bridges, and we did a variety of chores so that we could advance the troops," Wiles explained in a recent interview from his room in a Kitchener nursing home.
    Sappers did everything from building temporary Bailey bridges, to using bulldozers and graders to remove German roadblocks and clear roads of the rubble from bombed-out buildings so troops and supplies could get through to the front.
    Wiles enlisted in mid-June 1942, when he was just 20. In photos of him at Camp Petawawa, he looks more like a boy than a man, dressed in shorts and with a wedge cap jauntily tilted to the right.
    At age 96, his years in the Second World War make up a small but intense part of his long life. But he's one of a shrinking number of local men still alive who helped defeat the Nazis in the Second World War.
    His wartime service took him to areas that have gone down in history, where Canadian soldiers fought hard in brutal, bloody battles: Normandy just after D-Day, through Belgium, the Netherlands and into Germany.
    As he got older, Wiles decided to write down his war memories. "Folks at home wanted to know where all we were, and what all we did," he said. His son, also named Bill, helped complete the memoir in 2013 and published a couple of dozen copies for family members.
    His most vivid memory of the war is the night he huddled off the coast of Normandy in an open landing barge, one that had a 30-centimetre hole blasted into the front from an earlier crossing. It was July 1944, not quite five weeks after the D-Day invasion, but German planes flew overhead, sending out flares to light their positions.
    In the dark, as the soldiers waited offshore like sitting ducks, all the talk and the training gave way to reality. This was war.
    As the soldiers moved inland they passed numerous shallow graves along the roadside, the hurried burial spots of German or Canadian soldiers. "This was not a very reassuring sight to behold on our first day," Wiles notes in the memoir.
    Most of Wiles' service took place some distance behind the battle lines. "I could see the front through a pair of binoculars; it's the nearest that I ever got," he wrote home to his family in August 1944.
    Nonetheless, life was still scary and dangerous. Shortly after his company landed, two men were shot when Messerschmitts strafed the troops. About a week after he landed, he was caught in the open while on guard duty east of Caen when a German plane began dive-bombing their camp. He had no defence but to huddle behind a stone wall as the shells rained down.
    "That was real," he recalls now. "We knew what fear was, that's for sure."
    He doesn't remember ever killing anyone, but lost plenty of friends, young men in their prime and full of life.
    "We had to do what we went there to do," he says, but "Our primary goal was to get back home.".....

    When victory finally came in Europe in May 1945, though, the soldiers' reaction was subdued. While the Dutch were jubilant, Wiles and his buddies were content to look on from the sidelines. "I didn't know how to express my feelings. ... Strange wasn't it? For myself, I had expected quite a hilarious celebration," Wiles wrote in the memoir. "Our job was finished and the impression we felt in general was, 'So what?'."
    It was October before Wiles was able to once again embrace his family and sleep in his old bed in the family home at 5 Maurice St. He met his future wife Marjorie Pigeon the same month he got home, and they married 19 months later. The couple bought a home on Maurice Street, across the street from his parents. Wiles worked for his dad's construction company, Oscar Wiles and Sons Ltd. He and Marjorie went on to have five children and 66 years of marriage, until Marjorie died in 2013.


    Thompson, C. (2018). 'We knew what fear was' . KitchenerPost.ca. Retrieved 7 November 2018, from https://www.kitchenerpost.ca/news-story/9021996--we-knew-what-fear-was-/?fbclid=iwar30vyif_r9-vqgsazloonnngkhdayjxa7pr0cdczfesosbaiu_8mfdmyya

    Norman — Marjorie Pigeon. Marjorie died 2003. [Group Sheet]


  5. 29.  Peter Joseph Wiles Descendancy chart to this point (13.Oscar3, 4.Isaac2, 1.Peter1) was born 12 Feb 1924.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-195120


  6. 30.  Richard Harvey Wiles Descendancy chart to this point (13.Oscar3, 4.Isaac2, 1.Peter1) was born 10 Jul 1925.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-195131


  7. 31.  Elizabeth Louise Wiles Descendancy chart to this point (13.Oscar3, 4.Isaac2, 1.Peter1)

  8. 32.  Mildred Helm Descendancy chart to this point (21.Gertrude3, 7.Joseph2, 1.Peter1) was born 1915, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-298269
    • Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic


  9. 33.  Marjorie Helm Descendancy chart to this point (21.Gertrude3, 7.Joseph2, 1.Peter1) was born 1917, , Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-298270
    • Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Roman Catholic



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