Person Record

Metadata

Name

Wigle, Hiram, Dr.

Born

ca. Oct. 1850

Birthplace

Kingsville, Ontario

Deceased

Jan. 4, 1926

Deceased

Wiarton, Ontario

Father

Simon Wigle

Mother

Jane McKane

Spouse

Esther C. Whicher (m. Dec. 25, 1876)

Children

Ebon R. Wigle (b. 1877)
Dr. Charles A. Wigle (b. 1879)
Beatrice E. Wigle (b. 1881)
Alice M. Wigle (b. 1884, d. 1885)
Eva M. (Jones) Wigle (b. 1886, m. Frank L. Jones)

Relationships

Siblings: Lieut. Col. M. S. Wigle
Grandparents: Wendal Wigle and Isabella Scratch
Classmate (McGill): Dr. W. Osler

Education

Komoka Grammar School
McGill University, Montreal, 1875, Medicine

Occupation

After graduating in 1875, Dr. Hiram Wigle practiced medicine in Essex Centre for approximately six months. He then moved to Wiarton, where he successfully practiced for over 50 years.

Wigle was an active member of the community, having been one of Albemarle's former Reeves for two years, a member of the School Board for ten years, a member of the Council Board, the President of the local Conservative Association, and the Reeve of Wiarton (1887 and 1888). As Reeve of Wiarton, he introduced a new waterworks system. After the incorporation of Wiarton as a town, Wigle ran for Mayor, losing by a narrow margin of about 20 votes. For 35 years and until his death, Wigle served as the Medical Officer of Albemarle. An Anglican, Wigle was also an Ex-Warden of Trinity Church.

At age 76, Wigle died at his home in Wiarton after a short illness. He is buried in Colpoy's Bay Cemetery (Edgehill).

Places

Albemarle, Ontario
Colpoy's Bay Cemetery (Edgehill, Ontario)
Essex Centre, Ontario
Kingsville, Ontario
Wiarton, Ontario

Sources

Bruce & Grey Branch Ontario Genealogical Society. "Colpoy's Bay Cemetery (Edgehill)," 2009. Transcription. brucegrey.ogs.on.ca.

Gatis, Sheila. "Wiarton 1880-1980." Wiarton: Wiarton Echo Publishing Ltd., 1980. Print.

Hiram Wigle - Esther Whicher, Ontario marriage registration 001414 (1876), Bruce County, Amabel; ancestry.ca.

Hiram Wigle household, 1901 Census of Canada, North Bruce, Wiarton, Ontario, ancestry.ca, accessed 2022.

Hiram Wigle, Ontario death registration 009427 (1926), Bruce County, Wiarton; ancestry.ca.

Hiram Wigle, Ontario surrogate court estate file, grant 7657 (1926), Bruce County; microfilm, reel 257.

"Prominent Wiarton Physician Passes", The Canadian Echo, 7 January 1926, pp. 1, 5.

Sims, James Percy and Preston, Eleanor. "History of Wiarton & District," January 1961. Print.

Wigle, E. J. "History of The Wigle Family and Their Descendants", 1931. Internet Archive.