 Although some assumed that these were W.K.Flesher's nephews or cousins, a popular local rumour of the time — fuelled by his many trips back to his native England — held that he actually had a second wife living in England, and these other Fleshers were actually his children.Flesher's younger brother John lived in the Flesherton area for several years before moving to Orangeville, Ontario, where he served as the district's MPP in the Ontario legislative assembly for 4 years.