John Wesley was the first child of Susan Cunneyworth / William Din Ingledew
John was born c. December 30, 1860 in Ontario.
Source1: Year derived from the 1871 Ontario census
Source2: Birthdate given in the 1901 Ontario census.
Source3: According to Margaret Ingledew, he was 18 years older than his brother William Wright.
Arvilla's parents: Captain John James Wilson / Eliza Osborne
Source1: Mike Ingledew's family history research.
Source2: The Ontario Vital Statistics
Project, 1907 marriages from MS 932 for Wentworth County.
Arvilla was born c. October 14, 1865 in Ontario, of "Irish" descent.
Source1: Birth date given in 1901 Ontario census.
Source2: Mike Ingledew's family history research gives a birth date of October 14, 1866.
Source3: Birth year of 1866 derived from age 41 at 3 Dec 1907 given in
The Ontario Vital Statistics Project,
1907 marriages from MS 932 for Wentworth County.
According to Mike Ingledew's family history research, John and Arvilla were married c. 1885.
According to Mike Ingledew's family history research: "John Wesley was a painter, gardener,
fisherman and grocer. He also ran coal sheds which he later sold to the Sargants". He served as
the Trafalgar Township Returning Officer in 1896-1898. In 1891 John, Arvilla and Norman (age 2)
lived in the post office (built 1851).
Son Norman was born c. November 13, 1888.
Source: Birth date given in 1901 Ontario census.
At the time of the 1901 Ontario census (March 31), John, age 40,
self-employed general merchant, religion Methodist, of English descent, and Arvilla, age 35, of
Irish descent, lived with their children, Norman and Edna, in an 8-room house on Trafalgar Street
in Bronte. The property is described as 54 acres total, consisting of 12 village lots,
2 dwelling houses, 1 store or warehouse and 3 barns, stables or outbuildings. Two Joyce families
(Thomas and Sarah, Robert and "Sharlotte") lived nearby on North Ontario Street and
Trafalgar Street. Son Norman was listed as a fisherman.
Source: 1901 Ontario census, schedules 1 and 2.
Note: These are the only Ingledews listed in Bronte in 1901.
Daughter Vera was born c. August 2, 1893.
Source: Birth date given in 1901 Ontario census.
John Wesley died in Bronte c. July 3, 1905.
Is he the (currently) unknown Ingledew buried in Woodland cemetery (Wentworth county, Flamborough
East township), along with his children, Norman H. and Vera, and daughter-in-law, Alice?
Source1: Mike Ingledew's family history research.
Source2: Ontario Cemetery Finder’s
Aid (OCFA)
Mike Ingledew's family history research states that Arvilla later married William Francis
Trip c. 1907.
The Ontario Vital Statistics Project,
1907 marriages from MS 932 for Wentworth County, confirms that they were married at Lynden, near
Hamilton:
#021733-07 (Wentworth Co): William Francis TRIPP, 39, millwright, Canada, Hastings Co., s/o
David Wilson TRIPP & Ella JORDAN, married Arvilla INGLEDEN, 41, widow, Canada, Burlington, d/o
John James WILSON & Eliza OSBORNE, witn: Mrs. J. CULP & Mrs. J. HOUSE, both of Lynden,
3 Dec 1907 at Lynden
Arvilla died c. 1956 in Hamilton.
Source: Mike Ingledew's family history research.
Children: