Ellesworth Lincoln ⁹ BIGELOW

Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery; Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

15923.7144      Ellesworth Lincoln ⁹ BIGELOW, son of Lebbeus Miller ⁸ ( Israel ⁷ , Israel ⁶ , Isaac ⁵ , Isaac ⁴, Isaac ³, Samuel ², John ¹ ) and  Hannah (SNYDER) BIGELOW, was born 16 June 1861 at Pittsville, Venango co, PA. Ellesworth was a fireman. He married 15 May 1882 Mary Magdeline Reich. She was born 01 May 1862 in Cresson, Cambria County, PA, dau of Christian and Rosina (Breininger) Reich. She died 06 November 1943 (aged 81) at Pittsburgh, PA. Ellesworth died of cancer 15 April 1927 at O'Hare Twp, PA. Both buried at Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA. 

Children of Ellesworth and Mary (Reich) Bigelow:

15923.71441     Celia, b ____ ; d _____ Calif; m ____ Reutter; lived Cleveland, OH; 2 daughters

15923.71442     William Aaron. b ____ ; d _____ ; 

15923.71443     Lillian, b ____ ; d _____ ; mentally handicapped

15923.71444     Hale, b ____ ; d _____ Calif; m ____ York; lived Cleveland, OH; no children

15923.71445     Gertrude Mildred, b 27 Dec 1897 Pittsburgh, PA; d 20 Jan 1993 (aged 95) San Diego, CA ; m Edward Ohle Melberg; (see below)

15923.71446     Edward, b ____ ; d ____ ;

15923.71447     Leonard Lawrence, b ____; d _____ ; 

Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy  Vol. II;  not listed;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America.
Note:
Subject: Bigelow Additions
1992 info from Big Soc Lib.
Mary Frances Smith
Moss Inn
HCR 38 Dark Harbor
Islesboro, ME  04848
Find a Grave

15923.71445     Gertrude Mildred ¹⁰ Bigelow, b 27 Dec 1897 Pittsburgh, PA; d 20 Jan 1993 (aged 95) San Diego, CA ; m Edward Ohle Melberg;
Edward Ohle Melburg was born on April 27, 1897, in Ada, Minnesota, his father, Peder Ole Melberg, was 20 and his mother, Caroline A (Nelson) Melberg, was 21. Corporal, US Army, 7th Calvary. Enlisted: 07 May 1917 - Discharged: 9 May 1920
He had one son and two daughters with Gertrude Mildred Bigelow.
Appointed Postmaster General of Pittsburgh in 1952. He died of a heart attack on January 17, 1952, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the age of 54, and was buried there. Edward was married to two other women, but at the same time:
Mrs. Nina G. Efremenko (1936-1958) aged 22 died in auto accident on Ohio Turnpike
Dr. Lynn Davis Wilhelm (1941-2015) age 73

MELBERG -- Gertrude M, 95, died on January 20, 1993. Beloved wife of the late Edward O Melberg formerly of Pittsburg PA and St Petersburg, FL. Survived by daughters Caroline R Myers, San Diego, Jane M Petrick, El Cajon & son Edward O Melberg, Kalamazoo, MI. 7 Grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren.
[San Diego Union-Tribune, The (CA) - Saturday, January 23, 1993]

Name Gertrude M Melberg
Birth Date 1897
Age at Death 96
Death Date 1993
Cemetery Greenwood Cemetery
Burial Place San Diego, San Diego, CA

< rodbigelow@netzero.net > 
BACK TO THE BIGELOW SOCIETY PAGE

BACK TO BIGELOW HOME PAGE