He met Frances Scouler when he was lodging at her parents home.

She was working as a housekeeper with the Bell family in 1881.


His son William married Ivy and they has 5 children

Harry James Wignall Born 22 April 1912 and
died 1 September 1997 in New Jersey.

Harry married Beatrice Slater and had 5 children.  Harry was in the US army for many years.
He was a POW from 1950 to 1953 (Korean war)>

William Francis Wignall was born 17th September 1913Pa and died 2nd April 1970 Pa. 
William never married, he was a printer, his father had bought a print shop in Clarkes Green Pa for his 3 sons.  He did not want his sons working in the mines.

Thomas Weller Wignall was born 17th March 1919 Pa.  He died 29th October 1966 in New York.
He married Mary Elizabeth Pease and they had 7 children.
Thomas was a graduate of Clarkes Summit High School and for a period of 2 years served in the Civilian Conservation Corps.  Throughout his working years he followed the printing trade.

Frances Elizabeth Wignall was born 2 March 1921 Pa. and died September 1990 in New York.  ??She married Carlton Clarke and they had 4 children.

Janet Weller Wignall was born 25 July 1922 and died 8 March 1990 Ohio.  She never married and was a college Professor in Ohio.

Thomas's daughter Alice Wignall married John Fitzsimmons.  They had 1 daughter and 2 grandsons.

His other daughter Alice married Karl Rice.  They had 1 daughter and 2 grandsons.


Last updated August 2006