Person:John Wideman (2)

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Name John Wideman
Gender Male
Birth? Est 1819 Uxbridge (township), Ontario, Ontario, Canada
Alt Birth[6] Est 1819 Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage 29 Dec 1846 Stouffville, York, Ontario, Canadato Ann Phillips
Census[1] 14 Jan 1861 Markham (township), York, Ontario, CanadaCensus of Canada West 1861
Census[2] 2 Apr 1871 Uxbridge (township), Ontario, Ontario, CanadaCensus of Canada 1871
Census[3] 4 Apr 1881 Harwich, Kent, Ontario, CanadaCensus of Canada, 1881
Census[4] 5 Apr 1891 Stouffville, York, Ontario, CanadaCensus of Canada 1891
Death[5] 7 Dec 1899 Whitchurch, York, Ontario, Canada
References
  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't 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.

  2. Canada. 1871 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
    C-9975, District 49, SubDistrict a-3, page 42, family 131, 2 Apr 1871.

    Uxbridge (Township), York, Ontario, Canada
    John Wideman, m, 52, b Ontario, farmer, married
    Ann Wideman, f, 47, b New Brunswick, married
    A John Wideman, m, 19, b Ontario, farmer, single
    Maggie Wideman, f, 16, b Ontario, single

  3. Canada. 1881 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
    C-13278, District 180, SubDistrict d-1, page 46, family 207, 4 Apr 1881.

    Harwich, Kent, Ontario, Canada
    Prosper Vernon, m, 27, b Ontario, farmer, m
    Margaret Vernon, f, 26, b Ontario, m
    Silas John Vernon, m, 4, b Ontario, s
    William Vernon, m, 3, b Ontario, s
    Anne Wideman, f, 58, b New Brunswick, m
    John Wideman, m, 62, b Ontario, m, farmer
    Earnest Constable, m, 17, b England, farm labourer, s

  4. Canada. 1891 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada)
    T-6358 District 102, SubDistrict c, page 29, family 167, 5 Apr 1891.

    Stouffville, Ontario West, Ontario
    John Wideman, m, 39, m, head, b Ontario, father b Ontario, mother b NB, carpenter
    Susana Wideman, f, 40, m, wife, b Ontario, father b Scotland, mother b Ontario
    Eleanor Wideman, f, 17, s, daughter, b Ontario, father b Ontario, mother b Ontario
    James Wideman, m, 13, s, son, b Ontario, father b Ontario, mother b Ontario
    Mabel Wideman, f, 6, s, daughter, b Ontario, father b Ontario, mother b Ontario
    John Wideman, m, 70, w, lodger [father], b Ontario, father b United States, mother b Ontario

  5. Reg'n 029104/99, in Ontario, Canada. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-ongoing. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario)
    MS935, Reel 95, 7 Nov 1899.

    7 Nov 1899 at Whitchurch
    John Wideman, male, age 80, marital status not given [form did not ask], residence Markham, farmer, died at Whitchurch of old age and paralysis. Physician: A Sangster, religion Mennonite, informant A Sangster [physician].

    The form used to report John Wideman's death omitted a number of questions asked on other forms for death registrations used in Ontario.

  6. The death registration for his daughter, Mary Jane Wideman, reports her father's birthplace as Pennsylvania, US.