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Bigelow William [Male] b. 16 JUN 1843 Chatham Twp., Argenteuil Co, Quebec, Canada - d. 24 MAR 1915 The Gore, Papineau Co, Quebec, Canada
William was a volunteer in the Boer War and died at The Gore on 24 March 1915, a widower. Margaret had died on 03 July 1909.
committed suicide about 1870
he had been a professional boxer in his youth and later a bus driver
He was a blacksmith and in 1866 moved with his half-brother, David W., to IA. On 20 August 1868 he married Mary J. Yoder at Waverly, Bremer, IA. She was born on 04 January 1843 at Stephenson county, IL. Both of her parents were born in PA but we don't have their names. By 1897 he was in Montrose, McCook, SD and was in the 1900 census there and in September 1901 sold his property and disappears from the records. Mary had died on 0l March 1888 at Waverly and is buried at Harlington cemetery there
His father died when David was eight and his mother married again. David earned his own living while still a young boy and in 1866, he, his brother Cornelius and their cousin, John Blair, all moved to Bremer county, IA settling in the town of Waverly. He was a harness-maker and owned his own shop after a few years. He married on 29 September 1869 - another source states 29 April - Mary Lucena Thompson who was the daughter of Seth and Sarah A. (Barker) Thompson. Mary Lucena (or Lucinda) was born 22 November 1845 at Terre Haute, Vigo, IN. Shortly before his death, David sold out and moved for a time to Albert Lea, Freeborn, MN. He died at Waverly on 15 July 1898 and his widow on 29 September 1929 in Albert Lea. Both are buried in Harlington cemetery, Waverly, IA.
His parents moved the family to Oneida township, Eaton co, MI when Elisha was about 4 years of age and there he later married Sarah M. Brunger on 21 November 1873. She was the daughter of Joseph and Maria (Graham) Brunger and bom at Oneida on 27 September 1858. She died on 16 October 1888. Eaton county death records reveal that she and three of their children all died within a few weeks of each other of 'gastric enteritis'. Elisha married again on 17 December 1891 Mrs. Tillie (Sayder) Foster who was the daughter of John Sayder. Tillie was 29 years of age at this marriage and it was near that date that Elisiha decided to enter the ministry embracing the Free Methodist denomination. He had many ministries over the rest of his life. His second wife died after 'twenty-eight years of marriage' and he married for the third time on 01 September 1920 in Chippewa county, MI. This wife was Mrs. Jennie (Wright) Fletcher and was the daughter of Henry and Rebecca (___ ) Wright. Elisha died on 06 June 1928 at McCarron, Chippewa co, MI and is buried at Donaldson cemetery, Bruce township as is Jennie who died about 1955.
is said that she was a descendant of Rev. James Pierpont, the second minister of New Haven and one of the founders of Yale College. She was born 29 December 1804 at New Haven, CT and died at North Haven on 12 April 1894.
He was engaged in the stock trade
at North Haven, CT on 22 March 1832 and married (1) Fanny Blake in 1853. She died on 15 January 1855 and he married (2) on 26 September 1860 Maria Lindsley who was born in 1834 and died in 1903 (from headstone). George early learned the machinist trade and in 1853 moved to New Haven, CT where he studied surveying and civil engineering. He later was engaged in the construction of the first railroad in MN and was in the management of two large manufacturing establishments. He later returned to New Haven. Among his many inventions and experiments was the engine for the Submarine Torpedo Boat Peacemaker, which he designed, patented and built. He was a member of many engineering and related trade societies. He died in 1928 at New Haven.
born at North Haven, CT on 16 May 1834 and attended school there until his father moved to Egremont, MA. He learned the machinist trade and advanced with many companies until he made acquisitions in his own name: The Bigelow Manufacturing Company and H. B. Bigelow & Co., a partnership. He held many political offices including Common Council, Alderman, Supervisor and Fire Commissioner. He also served as the representative to the General Assembly of 1875 from New Haven and in 1879 was elected for a two year term as Mayor and from there to Governor of CT. In 1882 he was President of the Merchants National Bank of New Haven. On 06 May 1857 he had married Eleanor Lewis the daughter of Philo and Eleanor (Swift or Smith) Lewis. She was born about 1835 in New Haven. He died on 12 October 1891 and his widow on 26 May 1912, age 77.
Thomas spent his early years in VT and when 16 years of age, moved with his parents to Middlebury which was then a suburb of Akron, OH. At the age of 18, he met and married Lydia Searls on 08 March 1827. As she was underage and he was unable to support her, her parents had the marriage annulled and she was taken back to New England. He early studied medicine, but took up the trade of jeweler and watch-maker. He invented the first oscillating engine, the endless drive and gear belt chain and the first self-turning well drill. Other inventions included the Little Giant sugar cane mill, a rotary pressed-brick machine, invented and improved a machine to manufacture cut nails and tacks from cold sheets of steel. This led to the end of the "trunnel", or wooden peg, in construction. He received $50.00 for developing the double-seaming tin machine, which could "bottom" anything from a tin cup to a large dishpan without the use of solder. This was used until the age of plastics. The treadle sewing machine used a principle first used by Thomas. Many other inventions, too numerous to mention, were his. He passed up several fortunes as a result - he felt that his few minutes' time was not worth a large sum of money and that if his inventions could lead to the betterment of mankind, they should be free for all to use. In October 1832, he married Mrs. Clarissa (Jacobs) Warner. She died 05 May 1848 Akron, Summit, OH. He moved to Lake Mills, WI in 1849 and by 1850 we find the 6 youngest children living with friends in various homes. He refused to let them be adopted. He continued the watch trade until 1872 when he moved to Preemption, Mercer, IL to live with his daughter, Eliza, where he died on 20 November 1878.
He served in the Civil War and graduated from U. of MI 1867. He married Ella Ecles on 05 July 1877. All we know of her is that she was the daughter of Job and Meli ( ) Ecles. Edward was a physician and this family resided in MI and MN. Edward died in Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA 1925.
Cause of death: suicide by drowning in the Mississippi river, following brother Bert's death. Body found March 5, 1915; George's son Earl died in the same fashion June 29, 1924)
Cause of death: suicide by drowning in the Mississippi river
Gilbert graduated from University of Michigan Dental School in 1937 and served in the U. S.Navy from 1941 to 1971, retired as Captain. He practiced privately in Robbinsdale from 1958-1973. He and his wife, Marjorie, resided in LaJolla,CA enjoying bridge and gardening. Marjorie
preceded him in death as did two brothers: Charles and Edward. He is survived by son, James; daughter Barbara Gubbe; granddaughters Carol Murphy and husband Larry of Bettendorf, IA and Diane Gubbe of El Paso, TX. Memorial service was Sunday, June 20, 1999 Presbyterian Home, 5330 Beacon Hill Road, Minnetonka. Private interment at Lakewood Cemetery, Washburn-McReavy Funeral Home. Another record says he resided in San Diego, CA.
They were prominent in the affairs of St. Gabriel's Presbyterian church in Montreal for a few years, then when the War of 1812 broke out, they moved to New York State
born in Westborough, Worcester county, MA, 29 June 1766, as listed in town records. The family moved to Hampshire county, some years later, and due to the mother's death, his father remarried in 1778. According to his own statement in later years, Noah Jr was living in Pelham, MA in 1781, and ran away from home during haying season to enlist in the 4th Regiment, Massachusetts line, and served six months in 1781.
His next few years are blank, but by 1790 he was living in Woodford, Bennington county, VT, with himself, a wife, and two boys under age 16. In 1800, still at Woodford, his family had increased, with the children totaling one male between 1-l6, one male and 3 females under age 10.
Noah married, before 1790, but at unknown date and place, Cynthia Scott (see below). He is the same person who is listed as Silas Bigelow on page 469 of Howe's Bigelow Family of America; this has been proved beyond doubt by the NSDAR application of his great-granddaughter Mrs. Laura Cole. Howe's Bigelow genealogy states that Noah died circa 1800. However, he served as town hayward in 1803. The writer believes that it was Noah's wife who died, perhaps as late as 1805, and that the family was broken up by her death, with younger children raised by relatives. Noah jr disappears from Vermont records before 1810, and some years later (1819) appears in Chenango county, New York.
In Chenango county in 1819 Noah Bigelow jr applied for a Revolutionary War pension, but was rejected because his discharge papers were missing. In 1820 he was ennumerated at Oxford, Chenengo county on the census, but by 1830 had moved to Leicester, Livingston county. Here he re-applied for a pension in 1831, and was granted $58.31 per year. On the application, he gave his birthdate and place correctly, leaving no doubt that he was Noah Bigelow jr.
Noah remained in Leicester some years, being listed there again in 1840 as a pensioner. But in March 1844, presumably when his sons began migrating westward, Noah next appeared before a justice-of-the-peace in Barre, Orleans county, NY. He stated he had lived in Barre six days, and was the same Noah Bigelow who had been receiving a pension in Livingston county, and he authorized either Elijah Cobb or attorney Hiram Prentice to collect his pension for him. He signed in a semi-literate, shaky hand. He was 78 years of age. Henry L. Bigelow witnessed the document. There is no further record of payment, and we presume Noah's death soon after the date of Mar 1844.
Judging from census records, he had a fair-sized family. The Bigelow genealogy identifies three children who remained in
Vermont. Two sons migrated to the midwest. Daughters have proved impossible to trace.
1790 census: VT-Bennington-Woodford-Noah Bigelow: l-2-l-0-0.
Mass Sold & Sail of Rev War, Vol II:
Bigelow, Noah. Private, Capt Oliver Shattuck's co., Lieut. Col. Barnabas Sears's (Hampshire co.) regt.; enlisted Aug.12, 1781; service, 3 mos. 2 days; enlistment, 3 months.
He served in the War of 1812. Later he returned to Bennington, VT
He was a Flour Miller
LeRoy was a Pharmacist in Walnut. He had a German Band that he played trumpet in.
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