Lt. Ludwig Wideman

Son of Philip Wideman and Anna Sara Long, husband of Christiana Kribs and Elizabeth Macklem.

Ludwig was a Lieutenant in the Canadian Militia and fought during the War of 1812. He was killed at the Battle of Montgomery's Tavern during the Upper Canada Rebellion.

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Parents:

 Philip Wideman (1749 - 1833)

 Sarah Long Wideman (1759 - 1805)

Spouses:

 Christiana Kribs Wideman (1791 - 1813)*

 Elizabeth Macklem Wideman (1797 - 1852)*

Children:

 Mary Ann Wideman Lehman (1818 - 1894)*

 Philip Wideman (1822 - 1895)*

 William Wideman (1823 - 1824)*

 John Wideman (1828 - 1830)*

Ludwig, born in 1781 in Pennsylvania, was the son of Philip Wideman and Sarah Long. He was a farmer in Ringwood, near Whitchurch, Upper Canada.[1]

During the War of 1812, Ludwig served as an ensign with the 1st Regiment, York Militia, in Captain Peter Robinson's Rifle Company.[2]

He was one of the few rebels killed in the Upper Canada Rebellion. He died Dec.7, 1837, at Montgomery's Tavern, Yonge St., Toronto.[3]

Burial: Dickson Hill Cemetery Dickson Hill York Regional Municipality Ontario, Canada [4]

Research Note by W. Burnie The Trail of the Black Walnut

This is a superb piece of research on the little-known Pennsylvania-German connection in the founding of Upper Canada. Starting soon after the outbreak of the American Revolution, numerous Pennsylvania-German families and so-called "Plain Folk" (i.e. Mennonites, Dunkards, Moravians, Amish, Hutterites) migrated to Canada in successive waves. Together in cultural and religious groups and in kinship groups, they settled in five main areas: Niagara (1776), Essex (1780), Eastern Ontario (1784), York County (1793) and Waterloo (1800). In this book, the author recounts the story of this settlement and lists the names of the first recorded settlers, giving their township and county of residence, date of settlement, nationality, and religion.

Sources ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Ringwood, Ontario," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ringwood,_Ontario&oldid=... (accessed April 19, 2017). ↑ Library and Archives Canada, War of 1812, Nominal Return, MG24 G2, 16173, Mikan 99717 ↑ The Canadian Encyclopedia ↑ Find A Grave 30924433 See also:

Baptism Source Citation: Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 793. Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Upper Mount Bethel, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA November 30th 1781