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Bigelow Adam Chester Sr. [Male] b. ABT. 1795 VT
born in VT about 1795, moving to Chatham township, Argenteuil, Quebec about 1801 with his parents. He married on 21 January 1819 Laurene Smith. She was the daughter of James and Elizabeth (Mills) Smith and born in VT about 1801. About 1830, the family moved to Buckingham, Papineau county. During a serious family illness, Adam Chester was baptized, 15 May 1843 and on 14 September 1843 three of his children were also baptized. Church records state "relict of the late Adam Chester Bigelow" and thus we assume he had recently died, but no burial record has been found. His widow married (2)19 December 1845 Samuel Warwick and after her death, he remarried. Laurene died before 1879 and is allegedly buried in the old Presbyterian cemetery at Buckingham. We list his death as mid 1843.
born in 1801 near Townsend, Windham, VT according to an entry in his youngest son's prayerbook. He went into Canada with his parents while an infant and remained in Quebec all of his life. He married on 14 August 1827 Ellen Blair. She was of Irish extraction and born 02 August 1802. Ebenezer, a farmer, died 23 September 1859 in Chatham township. She continued to homestead her small acreage with the help of her family. She died 29 June 1901. Ebenezer is buried in Cushing Methodist cemetery and Ellen in Calumet Protestant. Her headstone indicates she was "aged 98 years 10 months, 27 days". No headstone can be found for Ebenezer.
Family tradition says he was deformed in both hands and feet at birth, a congenital defect which has been inherited in many of his descendants. He was a farmer and logger. He married on 17 December 1827 Margaret Kerr (or Carr) - we have no data on her except she died in the late 1890's. In April of 1845, George drowned while taking a raft load of potash down river to Montreal. It is believed that his deformed hands and feet led to the drowning. His body was recovered many miles downstream and is said to be buried in Montreal. His widow remarried on 10 February 1851 Robert Farley and they continued to live in the area. She outliving him. As a matter of record, George served in the Chatham volunteers in an 1837 rebellion
William was a logger/farmer and served with the Chatham Volunteers in 1817. He died at Cushing, Argenteuil, Quebec age 43 and was buried 13 May 1851 at the Church of Scotland cemetery.
As a youngster, scarlet fever left him profoundly deaf and as a consequence he never learned to speak properly. He married about 1853 Joanna Maria Wilder, daughter of Chester and Mary Ann (McGrau) Wilder. She was born about 1834 in "Middle Canada". Edward was a shoemaker/farmer and died 22 May 1870 at Ashford, Cattaraugus, NY. He is buried in Riceville cemetery there. Mary married (2) 02 January 1877 Benjamin A. King and we have no additional information on her.
born about 1828 in Chatham township, Argenteuil, Quebec. The family moved to Buckingham about 1830, but shortly after his marriage, Mills returned to Argenteuil county. Remarried 26 February 1845 Elizabeth Warwick. She was the daughter of John and Christiana (Lackie) Warwick and born in Chatham township on 21 August 1828. Mills was named for his maternal grandmother's surname and appears as such in many records and is so remembered by many Buckingham descendants. On the 1861 census, his name is spelled "Miles" and his Pine Hill and MI descendants remember him as such. He used the spelling and pronunciation "Miles". He was a farmer at Pine Hill and died these on 18 February 1904. His widow died at Staynerville at the home of their son William on 21 May 1909. Both are buried at Edina cemetery. There is a question of birthdates for last two children William and Charles Colin--William's date is 24 May 1868 and Charles Colin is 8 September 1868. (possibly should be 1869?)
drowned in log jam
d 14 Jan 1879 in a mine explosion
He served as town constable from 1882 to 1884, but was primarily a farmer. He died of pneumonia on 20 December 1893 at Port Huron, MI. Hannah died 16 August 1912. Both are interred at Lakeport, MI.
Arthur E. was a long-time railroad blacksmith. Resided in Tawas City, Iosco co, MI, where he died on 05 August 1932. No further information on wife Frances. (see below)
Dorothy worked Clerical in the Forestry Department
d early manhood - tuberculosis; unm. Family states that during spells of coughing, Ebenezer would be supported by his parents and walked up and down until he breathed easily. It was during one of these spells that he suffered a massive hemhorrage and died. No record of death or burial has been found.
was ordained a deacon of the Free methodist church in 1937
He died in France of pneumonia having been a Private in W. W. I. He enlisted in the army in Cadillac, 22 May 1916 and was sent to Fort McKinley, Portland, ME. He later transferred to the aviation field at Lake Charles, Louisiana where he was positioned when called to service in France on 3 June 1918 with Company G., Ammunition Train, American Expeditionary Force. They had one child.
Herbert worked in lumber mills in Michigan
She was employed at Trudeau's Grocery and the DMC Store there
Edward was a Crane Operator, Manistique Papermill and Elizabeth was a sales clerk. He was in the U. S. Army 1942, World War II
He served in the army during world War II. He married Zelphia Loughlin and they had six children: He died 17 Dec 1996 in Evangeline, LA. He had half brothers: Henry Clay and Robert Morgan Gay, Both of Jennings, LA and John Gay of Crowley, LA
He drowned while driving logs downstream in the Spring of 1866 and their daughter was born shortly after
on 28 April 1882 Cornelius married Mrs. Sarah (McMeekins) Gould, but as the combined families were not compatible, a separation took place. Cornelius farmed in the Pine Hill and Dalesville areas of Chatham township. He died of a sudden heart attack at the home of his son, George, on 14 April 1901 at Dalesville. Both Cornelius and Jane are buried in Edina cemetery there.
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