# 15337.AA3 Louvicie Marinda 8 BIGELOW, dau of Samuel Elijah 7 ( William F. 6 , Noah 5, Cornelius 4, Samuel 3, Samuel 2, John 1) and Amelia ( EVANS ) BIGELOW, was born at New Haven, Gratiot co, MI on 22 June 1882 and married on 28 July 1901 Bird Sweet. He was the son of Levi and Catherine (Moffatt) Sweet and born 22 May 1875 in MI. They farmed near Kalamo, MI and had but one son. About 1908 each became ill and sent their son to NE to live with his maternal grandmother. Louvicie died 03 June 1913 and Bird on 23 December 1913, both at Kalamo.
Child of Bird and Louvicie (Bigelow) Sweet:
l5337.AA31 Levi
Bird Sweet, b 25 Jan 1903 Kalamo;
d 08 April 1940 WY; m 21 (31?) Jan 1931 Frances Arlene (Arline?)
Sappenfield; (she b 15 July 1907 Blair, NE); 1
child:
15337.AA311 Rita Joyce Sweet, b 28 Feb 1939 Cheyenne, WY;
d _____ ; m 01 Feb 1958 Rodney Walter Forbes in Denver, CO; (he born 18
Jan 1937 son of ___ and Ila Beck Forbes)
4 children:
Myrl L. B. Forbes, b (FTM) ID; m
Peggy Sue Forbes (twin), b (FTM)ID; m
Sandra Sue Forbes (twin), b (FTM)ID
Cyndy Lynn Forbes, b (FTM)WY
Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol II, pg 386;
Vital records and census records MI;
family correspondent;
Bigelow Society historian/genealogist.
correspondence with descendant: Darrel Fortune (Bigelow) mailto:dfortune@hotmail.com
Website: Darrel's
Homepage. From: Grandview, WA USA : I have been interested in
genealogy
for several years but haven't been able to find much on the Bigelows.
My
grandfather's name was Charlie Arthur Bigelow. His father was John. His
mother's name was Amelia Evans.
Samuel Elijah 7
Bigelow
Marr: Amelia Evans. She was born 21 Jun 1861 and died 20
Jun 1939.
Separated about 1908
Children:
1. Ernest Ulysses (8) Bigelow
Born: 31 Dec 1878 Died: 24 June 1951
Marr: Golda ?
Children:
1 Claude Bigelow
2 Ford Bigelow
3 Lawrence Bigelow
4 Leon Bigelow
5 Gladys Bigelow
6 Howard Bigelow
7 Evelyn Bigelow
8 Russel Bigelow
3. Louvicie Marinda Bigelow
Born: 24 Jun 1882
Marr: Bird Sweet
Children
LB Sweet (son)
Died: 3 Jun 1914
4. Lillie Mae Bigelow
Born: 28 Mar 1885
Marr: William Brauher
Children:
Virgia (Carter)
Joyce (Hepher)
Leota (?)
Died:
5. Henry William Bigelow
Born: 21 Dec 1886
Marr: Zena ?
Children:
Esther (?)
Thelma (?)
6. Frank Raymond Bigelow
Born: 30 May 1889
Marr: Neva ?
Children:
Opal (Henry)
Frances (?)
Hazel (?)
Betty (?)
Frank, Jr (Eloise ?)
7. Charlie Arthur Bigelow (see below)
Born: 16 Oct 1891 at New Haven, Gratiot, MI
Marr: Pearl Burgess
Marr: Ruby Pearl Fortune
Children:
Aletta Ruth Bigelow (Fortune)
Loyd Eugene Bigelow
Ethel Mae Bigelow (Standlee) (O'Donahue)
Died: 19 Nov 1976
8. J C Bigelow
Born: 16 Jul 1894
Marr: Katie ?
Children:
Edna (?)
Marjorie (?)
John (?)
Laura (Hanway)
Marlene (?)
Son Bigelow
9. Floyd Irvin Bigelow
Born: 5 Aug 1896 at New Haven, MI.
Marr: Martha Hazel Fortune
Children:
Laverne Keith Biglow
Fred LeRoy Biglow
Irvin Lamar Biglow
Gladys Irene Biglow
Died: 7 Sep 1969 at Grandview, Yakima Co,WA