Person:David Wideman (1)

This is the only definite sighting for David Wideman. A thorough check of marriage and death records for Ontario has been made, but vital records for Ontario did not exist until 1869. David was old enough to have left home between the censuses of 1861 and 1871. United States records have not been inspected.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Canada. 1861 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
   C-1088, Enum Dist 8, p 72, line 1ff , 14 Jan 1861.

   Markham, York, Canada West
   John Wideman, tavern keeper, b UC, 43, m, m
   Ann Wideman, b N Brunswick, 38, f, m
   David Wideman, b UC, 15, m, s
   M J Wideman, b UC, 12, f, s
   John A Wideman, b UC, 9, m, s
   Marg Wideman, b UC, 7, f, s
   Philip Wideman, b US, 61, m, w
   Francis Lynn, labourer, b England, 40, m, s
   Donald Monroe, labourer, b Scotland, 35, m, m

   Philip Wideman, reported on line 7 of the form, is assumed to be the father of John Wideman.
   "b UC" stands for "born Upper Canada". Although by 1861 the present province of Ontario had been named Canada West for twenty years, some people (including this census enumerator) referred to it by its former name of Upper Canada.