William Reed 8 BIGELOW


15591.8C3      William Reed 8 BIGELOW, son of William Perkins 7 ( Abraham , William 5 , Josiah 4, Thomas 3, Samuel 2, John 1 and Martha (MANSFIELD) BIGELOW, was born at Natick, Middlesex co, MA on 10 February 1867 and on 18 October 1895 he married Mary L. Bigelow (14512.742).  His death was in April 1957 

Children of William R. and Mary L. (Bigelow) Bigelow, all born in Natick, MA:
 
15591.8C31t    William Francis, b 06 Feb 1900; d 16 Jan 1980 Rockport, MA; m Mary Locker; 2 daughters;
 
15591.8C32t    Louis Kimball, b 30 Jan 1904; d  16 July 1987 Deland, FL; m 07 Jan 1934 Mary Elizabeth (Beth?) Gillis; 2 children? (see below)

15591.8C33t     Robert Mansfield, b 12 Oct 1906; d ___ 1970; m 23 Mar 1929 Hellen Lucille Miller; 2 children;

Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol II, pg 400;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America; page 337-338 child;
Records of Bigelow Society historian/genealogist.
Obit, William F.: "Boston Herald American" 17 Jan 1980;
Bigelow Society files;
personal contact with family member.


This photograph is identified as Louis Bigelow.

Louis and Beth Bigelow who found Guana Island, British Virgin Islands
in 1934 and owned it until 1975

     Louis Bigelow painted what he saw as the magic of his island Utopia. Although he and his wife Beth arrived in Guana in 1934, he didn't start to paint until the 1950's. By then, they were done with the major work of constructing what they called the Guana Island Club and he could take the time to express on canvas what he had found and what they had created. Today the paintings still grace the walls of the living room and guestrooms. Reminders of Guana in those eary days.
     In 1935 Beth and Louis Bigelow of Massachusetts searched the world and found Guana. They spent their first year living in a tent, rowing themselves and their supplies to and from Road Town. With the help of local men they built six stone cottages and developed a reputation as creative pioneers. Their guests: professionals, intellectuals and world travelers- came for months at a time, attracted to the simple but rich life on this special Island. Where, as one guest has said "there was no electricity and no hot water, but we all dressed for dinner"
     Louis signed his watercolors "L.K. Bigelow". So I think this is the Louis K. Bigelow, son of William Reed....................ROD 2007
(see link below for more photos and watercolors).

     "Louie and I met in the Soviet Union in the early thirties. We came to believe that there was no form of government we wanted to live under. After we married, we decided to find our own Utopia, for ourselves and our friends. We traveled the world looking for it -- and we found Guana."
--- Beth Bigelow, Guana Island 1976

http://www.guana.com/then_now/watercolors/watercolors.html


Modified - 06/08/2007
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Rod  Bigelow - Director
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