Children of Adam John and Sarah (Bigelow) Bigelow:
15336.52881 Clifford Stanley (Stanky?) Bigelow; 1782563351; b 15 June 1886 Glen Almond; d 20 Nov 1964 E. Templeton, Que; unmarried
15336.52882 Harvey Edward Bigelow; 2782563351; b 02 Apr 1898 Glen Almond; d 25 Aug 1978 age 80; bur Glen Almond.(see obit below)
15336.52883t Violet Victoria Bigelow; 3782563351; b 28 Apr 1900 Glen Almond; m 07 Mar 1918 Marvin Wilbert Valley (1894-1975); residence: Sault Ste Marie, Ont; 5 children;
15336.52884t Hazel Edna Bigelow; 4782563351; b 09 May 1902 Glen Almond; d 03 Jan 1928; m Peter Lonsdale; 3 children (see below);
15336.52885 Georgina Pearl Bigelow 5782563351; b 10 Dec 1904 Glen Almond; d 27 Mar 1911 Glen Almond;
15336.52886 Rachel Viola Bigelow; 6782563351; b 17 May 1907 Glen Almond; m 19 Nov 1927 Bert Smith (son of Jeff Smith and Mary Ella Sullivan) in Cobalt, ON. Please note that on the marriage certificate, her name is listed as "Rachael Violet Bigelow."
15336.52887t Gladys Bigelow; 7782563351; b 26 Apr 1910 Glen Almond; ??(see Marvail could be twins DOB of one or another is in error?); d 11 Jan 1968 Templeton, Que; m Rodney Ellard Smith (d 19 Dec 1901 Poltimore, Que); 6 children;
15336.52888 Marvail Johnston Bigelow; 8782563351; b 22 Apr 1913 Glen Almond; d 16 Sept 1915;
15336.52889 Myrtle Geraldine Bigelow; 9782563351; b 29 Nov 1916 Glen Almond; d 03 May 2012 Shawville, Pontiac, Que, m ca 1935 George Alexander Welburn;
Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol II, pg
child;
Vital records, censuses, church and cemetery records Quebec;
correspondence with descendants and Bigelow Society
historian/genealogist;
Ellard Smith and Gladys Bigelow had the following children:
Doris Smith:
Doris Audrey Smith was born on February 15, 1931. She died on November 16, 2019 at the age of 88 in Hawkebsury, ON; she was buried in Templeton, QC.
Doris Smith married Keith Sinden (son of Reginald Stuart Sinden & Rose Touchette) on November 28, 1946 in Templeton, QC. Keith Gilbert Sinden was born in 1922 in Saskatchewan. He died in May 1958 at the age of 36 in Ottawa, ON; he was buried in Templeton, QC. I was advised that Keith served during the Korean War.
Keith Sinden and Doris Smith had the following children:
Doris Smith also had the following children (I'm not sure who the father is for these children):
Doris Smith married Arthur Deschenes.
Mary Ethel Smith:
Mary Ethel Smith was born on October 2, 1932. She died on September 3, 1993 at the age of 60 in Pembroke, ON.
She married Archibald Malcolm McMillan on June 9, 1950. They had the following children (unsure of the order):
Jean Edith Smith:
Jean Edith Smith was born on April 2, 1933 in Poltimore, QC. She died on December 15, 2005 at the age of 72 in Ottawa, ON; she was buried at the Dunning Cemetery in Templeton, QC.
She married Robert Donaldson (son of Robert Donaldson Sr & Ellen Mallish) on December 8, 1956 in Templeton, QC. Robert Donaldson was born on February 11, 1927 in Glen Almond, QC. He died on June 1, 2007 at the age of 80 in Ottawa, ON; he was buried at the Dunning Cemetery in Templeton, QC.
Robert Donaldson and Jean Smith had the following children:
Merle Evelyn Smith:
Merle Evelyn Smith was born on November 3, 1939. She died on August 7, 2011 at the age of 71 in Ottawa, ON.
Merle Smith married Israel Tassé; he predeceased her. They had the following children:
Merle Smith remarried Marcel Martin.
Jack Smith:
Jack Smith married Georgina "Gina" Zinook (daughter of George Zinook & Blanche Sleta). Georgina was born in 1936. She died on June 19, 2015 at the age of 78 in Gatineau, QC; she was buried at the United Templeton Cemetery in Templeton, QC.
Jack Smith and Georgina Zinook had the following children:
Helen Smith:
Helen Smith married Arnold Beaudoin.
Bigelow Society Library Files from Loring Bigelow (card file
has names; Bigelow Society PAF files has bold info
that matches; notice the # system used by Loring)
Regarding Adam John Bigelow (ID
15336.5288), I noticed that you have him being born in 1859.
According to his obituary (which
I attached for you), he was born in 1868. Also, he doesn't
appear in the census records until 1871; all consecutive census
records list him being born about 1868.
From: Mathieu Belanger < tutankhamun90@hotmail.com >
Adam's
obituary
Harvey's obituary