Harold Evan  9 BIGELOW

15182.C741      Harold Evan 9 BIGELOW, son of Warren Holder 8 ( Charles 7 , Ivory 6 , Ivory 5 , Gershom 4, John 3, Samuel 2, John 1) and Jane (HOLDER) BIGELOW, was born in Hudson, MA 24 October 1890. At unknown date, he married Marybella Cran. She was born 10 June 1892 Keith, England, and died 08 September 1955 Dorchester, MA. Evan was a Stationary Engineer like his father. He died 03 January 1967 Dorchester, and is buried at Columbarium, Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, MA. He was a Methodist.

Child of Harold and Marybella (Crane) Bigelow:

15182.C7411    Audrey L., b ca 1921 Dorchester; d 01 Feb 2006 Port Charlotte, FL; m (1) Robert Burns Kirkaldy, who died WWII flying "The Hump", Burma; 1 child: Thomas Kirkaldy; m  (2) Chester Brinson.

15182.C7411    Evan Holder, b ____ Boston; d _____ ; m (1) Phyllis _____ ; 3 children: David Harold, Wendy, and Donald; m (2) Barbara _____ ; Evan was a smelter owner/operator;

15182.C7413    Charles Robert "Bob", b 27 Dec 1931 Boston; 07 Feb 2007 Brighton (Boston), MA; m Bernice Claire "Claire" Gillis; (1933-  ); no children (see below)

 Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol II , ;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America. ;

Mail from Bernice Claire "Claire" Bigelow    bernice676@earthlink.net
Charles Robert "Bob" Bigelow, late of Dorchester, MA, was my husband and member of the Bigelow family.
My husband died this last February, and I was cleaning out his desk when I found some notes on the Bigelow family from his father, Harold Evan 9 Bigelow.

CHARLES ROBERT called BOB BIGELOW
Birth:    27 Dec 1931, Boston, Massachusetts
Death:    07 Feb 2007, Brighton [Boston] Massachusetts
Burial:    Veterans' Cemetery, Bourne, Massachusetts
Occ:    U. S. Navy [Career Man]; Motorman on Red Line of Mass. Bay
Transportation Authority
Educ:    Junior High School
Reli:    Methodist
Charles was a diabetic.
He was a career man [20 years] in the U. S. Navy.  He served in the Korean Conflict, the Cuban Picket Ships, Gemini Recoveries and Vietnam.
He served on board the U.S.S. Wasp and participated in the recovery of three of the Gemini Space Shots.
He also participated in the evacuation of U. S. citizens from Lebanon when war broke out there, and served on one of the picket ships which surrounded Cuba resulting in the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
He was active in Veterans' affairs, serving as Adjutant and commander of the Neponset V.F.W. Post 5834, a member of the Rice Post 28 AMVETS, the American Legion Old Dorchester Post 65, the Army Navy Onion USA, the Fleet Reserve Association and the Dorchester Allied Veterans Council.
An avid railroad enthusiast, he was a Founder of the Hoosac Tunnel Museum [now the North Adams Historical Society], a member of the Berkshire Scenic Railroad, Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts, Seashore Trolley Museum, Shelburne Trolley Museum, the Branford Trolley Museum, the 470 Railroad Club and the Boston and Maine Historical Society.
His knowledge and love of railroading served him well as a member of the Dorchester Allied Neighborhood Associations' Old Colony Railroad Committee, the Red Line Noise Abatement Committee and the Neponset River Committee.
He was a member and former President of the Massachusetts Delta Radio Club and a member of the Massachusetts Sideband Association.
He was an Incorporator of the Dorchester Day Parade Committee and served two terms as its Treasurer.
He was elected and served as the Chief Marshal of the Dorchester Day Parade in 1995.
Bob is buried in the Veterans' Cemetery in Bourne, Massachusetts.
 
Spouse: BERNICE CLAIRE called CLAIRE GILLIS
Birth: 27 Jul 1933, Dorchester [Boston] Massachusetts
Father: JOHN called JACK GILLIS
Mother: CATHERINE ANN HENDRICKEN

Rod Bigelow
Box 13  Chazy Lake
Dannemora, N.Y. 12929
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