David Bigelow 10 PARKINSON
David Bigelow Parkinson Sr.
Children:
David Parkinson jr,
Thomas Richard Parkinson
Truman David Parkinson
John Daniel Parkinson
infant b d 1940
Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol II, pg
435;
January 1997 FORGE: The Bigelow Society Quarterly Vol. 26,
No. I
Bigelow Society records from correspondence with family
descendants.
Descendant note: and page by Don Bigelow-Director 1998 David
Bigelow 10 Parkinson
"David Bigelow Parkinson (159B1.17362). The time was spring,
1940 and Parkinson was then a young engineer working at Bell
Telephone Laboratories in New York City in the specialized field
of electromechanical design. He was working on improving an
instrument called an automatic level recorder. A small
potentiometer [ an instrument for measuring electromotive
forces] controlled a pair of magnetic clutches which in turn
controlled a pen to plot a logarithm...........".
Have you anything on Charles Hawkes Bigelow, who married circa
1845 to a Miss Briggs? Marriage was in Northhampton or
Springfield MA. (I also have an extensive line in Briggs)
Just got some information on my Temple line, and
several Bigelows tie in there also. Same for my Hoag &
Haseltine lines.
I keep collecting folks. I take all branches of families, as
one never knows when one will find a vital connection.
Will have to wait a bit for Ferrand's line. I
didn't connect with cousin Lucille, so I do not have her branch
yet. She is descended from Ferrand's youngest, Sarah.
I have Civil War service cert. for Elverton,
William and Franklin B. ;all sons of Ferrand.
Elverton and William both served most of the war. Franklin
enlisted and was killed in the mine explosion at Petersburg, VA.
Also have cert. for Francis A. Bigelow.
I also have letters Elverton wrote, one in 1865 when
the armies were gathering around Washington DC to be mustered
out. As soon as I can gather info., it would probably make
an interesting article for the Forge.
I also have info. on Elverton's granddaughter Ethelyn
Minerva Parkinson, dau. of Ethel Bigelow and James Nelson
Parkinson. She is still living at 92. She made her career as
a children's books author. This might also be of interest to
the Forge. Her "double cousin" was David
Bigelow Parkinson, son of Truman David Parkinson &
Minnie Bigelow. There has already been an article about him in the
Forge. Kathy Parkinson
E-mail wraith@lakefield.net
Obituary:
This note bears the unhappy news of the death of my mother, Alberta
Merle Steinfeldt Parkinson
(b. June 27, 1918, d. September 14, 2006), widow of David Bigelow
Parkinson, Sr, (b. May 16, 1911, d. March 17,1991).
My mother died peacefully at age 88 in the loving arms of her son
David Bigelow Parkinson, Jr, on September 14, 2006, at the family
home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
-Thomas Parkinson < thomasrparkinson@yahoo.com >
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