John Wendel WEIGELE

1753 - 1816  (63 years)

• Name	John Wendel WEIGELE
  Birth	1753	Germany   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	73D6F5021ACE4091B49771798230B949E2FC
  Death	1816	Gosfield North, Essex County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Notes	The following is taken from "The trail of the black walnut" by George Elmore Reaman, published in 1957 and available online at archive.org. "The Wigle family in Canada had John Wendel Weigeli as an ancestor in Germany. Born in 1753, he came to America as an indentured servant, sworn to work seven years for his passage. In Little York, Pennsylvania, he worked as a weaver and in 1776 married Julianna Romerin (sic). Evidently a pacifist, he found himself in an uncomfortable atmosphere at the outbreak of hostilities. Consequently he set out for Canada with a number of others and stopped over at Detroit. They travelled by pack horse and drove their cattle before them. At Detroit they met Leonhard Kratz and the group travelled on to Michigan, then Grosse Isle, and finally settled at Gosfield in 1792. Here a family of eleven children was born to them. Here, too, the family name was changed to Wigle to suit the aforementioned schoolmaster. [a reference to the previous paragraph which says “The name Kratz was eventually changed to Scratch by a schoolmaster with the name of McMurray.”]" There are many more items at ancestry.com that refer to John, his arrival in America and subsequest journey to Canada. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s at ancestry.com shows Johan Wendel WEIGELE arriving in 1772 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1890 at ancestry.com shows Johann Wendel WEIGELE, born 1772, in Philadelphia County. As John Wigel, appeared in the 1790 census of Frederick, Maryland. As John Wigle, appeared in the 1800 census of Dover, York, Pennsylvania. As John Wigle, appeared in the 1810 census of Fairfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current has the following: Name: John Wendel Wigle Birth Date: 1753 Birth Place: Germany Death Date: 1816 Death Place: Gosfield North, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Cemetery: Greenhill Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Kingsville, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Has Bio?: N Spouse: Julianna Wigle Children: Susanna Weigele John Wendel Wigle Joseph Wigle Michael Wigle Mary Scratch Maudlin Fox Catherine Malott Wendel J Wigle Elizabeth Fox January 2022: received from L Joan Ferguson Shuttleworth: "Comments (John Wendel WEIGELE b. 1753 Germany d. 1816 Gosfield North, Essex County, Ontario, Canada): I writing to seek permission to share this on my Facebook page ‘John Wendel Wigle Descendants’ Is there a URL available? Thanks for your consideration, Joan" I replied giving permission to use anything that's on Minter Exchange and giving the URL of JWW's web page.
  Person ID	I3690	Great Horkesley, Essex
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family	Julianna ROEMER,   b. 14 Jan 1759, Pennsylvania, USA d. May 1824, Gosfield North, Essex County, Ontario, Canada (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1776	USA   [2]
  Children	1. John Wendel WIGLE,   b. 21 Dec 1778, York, York County, Pennsylvania, United States of America d. 28 Jan 1871, Essex County, Ontario, Canada (Age 92 years)   2. Wendel J WEIGELE,   b. 17 Dec 1781, Pennsylvania, USA d. 6 Apr 1860, Gosfield North, Essex County, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)   3. Joseph WIGLE,   b. 22 Mar 1792   d. 23 Jul 1861, Essex County, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years)   4. Mary WIGLE,   b. 29 Jun 1793, Gosfield, Essex County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   5. Michael WIGLE,   b. 10 Dec 1799, Gosfield South, Essex County, Ontario, Canada d. 16 Mar 1868, Kingsville, Essex County, Ontario, Canada (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F1233	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2017

  
  

• Headstones

  John (Johan) Wendel Weigele 1753 - 1816 Johan Wendel Weigele and his descendants were removed from Albertville Cemetary and placed here. This occurred in 1925 when this grave marker was erected in preparation for the Wigle Family Reunion in Kingsville, Ontario, Canada in the summer of 1926.

  
  

• Sources

  [S419] Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current via ancestry.com. [S422] "The trail of the black walnut" by George Elmore Reaman, published in 1957 and available online at archive.org.