Ebenezer 7 BIGELOW
1592C.15 Ebenezer 7
BIGELOW, son of Ebenezer 6
( Amasa 5 , Isaac
4, Isaac 3, Samuel
2, John1) and
Ann (RAND) BIGELOW, was born 12 Jan 1815 at Kentville (Canning),
Kings county, Nova Scotia. and married on 14 March 1838 Watie (Waity)
Sanford. She was born on 19 June 1817 at Canning (?). He early learned
the shipbuilding trade and built his first vessel when he was only 19 years
of age. He was one of the first in Nova Scotia to draft a vessel and soon
gained an excellent reputation as a shipbuilder. His vessels being considered
second to none on the Atlantic Coast. He built one or two every year until
he retired at sixty years of age. These were ships, barques, schooners
and brigs. He died at his home in Canning on 14 August 1889 and Watie about
two weeks after - on 02 September 1889.
Children of Ebenezer and Watie(Waity) (Sanford) Bigelow, all
born at Canning, Kings, NS:
1592C.151 Lucy Ann, b 12 July,
1839; d ; m 25 Feb 1861 George E. Huntley; res. Melrose, MA.5 children:
Edna, Edward, Active, Jessie and Mabel.
1592C.152t John Emerson,
b 21 Feb 1842; d______ 1931 Canning (?); m 21 June 1862 Hannah Blenkhorn;
res. Canning, NS; 10 children.
1592C.153 Gideon, b 23 Dec 1843;
d 09 July 1886 San Diego, CA; in 15 Feb 1871 Eliza Sheffield. A master
shipbuilder. moved to CA; killed while doing some mechanical work
at San Diego.(see below)
1592C.154 Emma, b 27 March 1846; d
; m 28 Nov 1872 J. Lewis Cox; res. Canning.
1592C.155t David
Henry, b 29 Feb 1848; d ___ ; m (1)10 Jan 1871 Margaret ______
and (2) 28 Dec 1880 Laura Simpson; res. Melrose, MA; 3 children.
1592C.156 Carrie, b 13 April 1849; d___ ; m
25 March 1885 Hiram Coalfleet; res. Hant's Port, NS.
1592C.157 Joseph, b 07 Nov 1854; d 24 May 1860.
1592C.158 Julia, b 05 July 1859; d 27 June
1860.
1592C.159t Samuel,
b 29 Nov 1860; d 19 Sept 1915 Saskatoon, Sask; m 03 (13) June 1894 Catherine
Ann Potter; 5 children.
1592C.15At Daniel,
b 22 July 1863; d 1945; m 11 Aug 1893 Ellen Reid Spicer;
res. Saskatoon; 4 children.
Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol II, pg 145;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
family records of descendants.
Note: From Bigelow
Family GenForum
BIGELOW, Coniah 1926 San Francisco
Posted by: Don Bigelow
Date: October 31, 1999 at 21:37:30
Looking for info on Coniah Bigelow b.1865
son of Gideon and Ann Eliza (Sheffield). A practising physician in San
Francisco until at least 1926. Wife named Ida. Where did he go and any
children?
Big Society info:
Eliza SHEFFIELD, b __ ; d__ ; m 15 Feb 1871 Gideon BIGELOW; dau of
Amos and Prudence (WELLS) SHEFFIELD;
2 children known:
1. Jonah (Coniah), b 26 July 1875 Canning, NS; d ______ ; Jonah
was a medical doctor in San Francisco, CA. (Kings Co.
N.S.Hist.Soc.1997)
2. Alward, b __ 1879; d 12 Sep 1880
This is the limit of Big Soc. info as of 11/21/99..............ROD
Modified - 11/21/99
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