Don Ervin 9 Bigelow
Don Ervin and Melissa M. (Whiting) Bigelow
Don age 79; Melissa age 68
Oregon 1976; Lived in Stanwood, WA
16167.3914 Don Ervin 9 Bigelow, son of Daniel Don Louis 8 ( Daniel 7, Nahum 6 , Simeon 5 , John 4 , Joshua 3, Joshua 2, John 1), and Annie Maria (Boren) BIGELOW, was born 28 February 1897, Wallsburg, Wasatch co, UT. He married (1) 01 December 1915 Esther La Vada Robinson. She was born 26 Oct 1898 Wallsburg, the dau of Joseph and Emma Naomi (Mecham) Robinson. They had 6 children, many died as infants. They were divorced 17 October 1931, and Esther died many years later 05 March 1962 Shelley, Bingham County, ID, and buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery at Shelley, ID. Don married (2) 25 September 1933 Melissa May Whiting. She was born 19 Aug 1908 Monroe, Sevier co, UT, the dau of Arthur Cox and Nancy Melissa (Leamaster) Whiting. Don and Melissa had 4 or 5 more children, Don Ervin spent the last years of his life in Stanwood, WA, where he died on October 10, 1980. He was buried in the Cedarhome Cemetery in Stanwood.(see below)
Children of Don Ervin and Esther Lavada (Robinson) Bigelow:
16167.39141 Elda, b 18 Apr 1917 Wallsburg; d (18
Apr 1917?) 07 Aug 1919 Rigby, Jefferson co, ID; bur
Wallsburg, UT;
16167.39142 Carl Ervin, b 01 Mar 1919 Provo, UT; d 05 Mar 1962 Idaho Falls, Bonneville co, ID; m 23 Aug 1940 Arlene Watson
16167.39143 Guy, b 01 Mar 1921 Basalt, Bingham, ID
; d 01 Mar 1921 Basalt, Bingham, ID ; bur Firth Cemetery, Firth,
Bingham co, ID
16167.39144 infant, (boy) b 07 Nov 1922; d 07
Nov 1922 Basalt, Bingham, ID ; bur Firth, ID;
16167.39145 Byrle,
b 01 Mar 1924 Basalt, Bingham, ID ; d 22 Nov 2006 (aged 82)
Independence, Polk co, OR; m 30 Nov 1940 Quinn D. Arave;
16167.39146 Donna Vee, b 14 Aug 1926 Basalt, ; d 12 Jan 1927 Basalt, (aged 4 months);
Children of Don Ervin and Melissa May (Whiting) Bigelow:
16167.39147 Kenneth
"Arlo Ken", b 07 July 1934 Wallsburg, Wasatch co, UT;
d 10 Dec 2001; m 1955 Ann Elizabeth Darrow (1936-2010) 3 children;
(see below)
16167.39148 Don Dee , b 29 Aug 1935 Monroe, Sevier co, UT; d ;_ Dec ___ (see below)
16167.39149 Ann Marie, b 24 Oct 1937 Moab, Grand
co, UT; d _____ ; m ____ Miller;
16167.3914A Connie, b 02 Apr 1940 Wallsburg,
UT; d _____ ; m Thomas Jefferson Owen; 2 children: Denise
Marie, b 1958 and Tony Dale Owen, b 1960 Gold Beach, OR
(see below)
16167.3914B Richard Wendell Ball, b Holbrook, AZ (no information- not listed on source below)
Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Volume II, page 198-199
child;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America; not listed;
correspondence with family descendants;
Find a Grave
https://billiongraves.com/grave/Don-E-Bigelow/9940522
Facebook:
Debborah Espy (Phoenix, AZ) wrote at 3:08pm on June 27th,
2009
My maiden name was Bigelow and my Father's
name was Don D. Bigelow, his father was Don E. Bigelow. My
father's brother's are Richard and Ken (deceased) and sisters are
Ann and Connie. I have lost all contact with my father and
father's side of family. My father lives somewhere in Carefree,
Arizona? My Uncle Richard is in Montana somewhere and my Aunts are
somewhere in Oregon? If anyone is related write back please.
Cedarhome Cemetery in Stanwood.
Don Ervin Bigelow
(This was scanned into a computer file by Stephen Rawlins in Feb.,
1997, from the document: DON AND ANNIE BIGELOW LIFE HISTORY,
prepared by their children in 1988.)
Don Ervin was born at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 28th 1897. He
was born in Wallsburg, Wasatch County, Utah. He was the fourth
child and first son to Don and Annie Bigelow. How happy those two
loving parents were, to now have a son.
Ervin remembered when his parents moved into his grandmother,
Lucina Mecham Boren's house. This house was built by his
grandfather, Jasper Boren. Grandma Boren had the post office and a
small store in her home, which Don and Annie took over to run. It
was in this house, that Ervin remembered the deaths of his four
sisters who died of Diphtheria. Ervin also had Diphtheria, but he
survived it.
He did very well in school and finished the eighth grade. That was
as far as his schooling went, because his father was called to go
on his second mission. Ervin was the oldest living child and was
now forced to help his mother on the farm.
Ervin fell in love with Lavada Robinson and they were
married December 1, 1915. Their children were:
Elda born 18 April 1917 died 7 Aug 1918
Carl E. born 1 Mar 1919
Guy born 1 Mar 1921 died 1 Mar 1921
baby Bigelow (boy) born 7 Nov 1922 died 7 Nov 1922
Byrle born 1 Mar 1924
Donna Vee born Aug 1926 died 12 Jan 1927
They were divorced 17th of October 1931.
Ervin met Malissa May Whiting and they were married in Provo
September 25, 1933. Malissa had a two-year-old son, Richard
Wendell Ball, from a former marriage. Ervin and Malissa's children
were:
Arlo Ken born 7 Jul 1934 Wallsburg
Don Dee born 29 Aug 1935 Monroe
Ann Marie born 24 Oct 1937 Moab
Connie born 2 Apr 1940 Wallsburg
Ervin and Malissa lived in Wallsburg for a
year or two and then they moved to Monroe, Utah, then on to Moab.
Ervin sold Wearever Cooking Utensils for the Aluminum Co., of
America. He made a good living selling this until World War II
broke out and he no longer could get the utensils to sell.
He worked in Redding and Central Valley,
California in the construction business. Re also spent several
summers working on construction in Alaska. When Malissa and Ervin
moved to Gold Beach, Oregon, Ervin contracted small jobs there.
After Ervin retired, he and Malissa worked in
the Provo, Salt Lake, Manti, Ogden and St. George Temples. They
did much work in the St. George Temple.Ervin spent the last years
of his life in Stanwood, Washington, where he died on October 10,
1980. He was buried in the
Subject: Bigelows
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 10:34:41 -0500
From: Ken Bigelow <
kenbigelow@msn.com >
Hello,I was doing some research on the internet and came
across this web page. I would like to compare notes as my
grandparents, Don Ervin Bigelow and Melissa May
Bigelow-Whiting, have done extensive genealogy work. Likely we are
related and could fill in some blanks together.
Happy Holidays and look forward to hearing from you.
Great Grandfather Daniel Don Louis Bigelow and GGrandmother
Anna Marie (Boren)
Sincerely,
Kenneth Ervin Bigelow
Subject: family genealogy
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:52:51 -0600
From: Chris Owen <
metlmulisha@hotmail.com >
Hello, my name is Christopher Dale Owen and I came across your
site and I am pretty sure we are related. My grandmother is Connie
Bigelow. Her dad is Don Ervin Bigelow, then Daniel Don
Louis Bigelow, etc.
Christopher Owen
rodbigelow@netzero.net 
