John ⁹ BIGELOW

15336.5242 John ⁹ BIGELOW, son of Mills ⁸ ( Adam Chester ⁷ , Cornelius ⁶ , Paul ⁵, Cornelius ⁴, Samuel ³, Samuel ², John¹) and Elizabeth (WARWICK ) BIGELOW, was born 14 July 1848 at Pine Hill, Quebec. He married (1) Persis Valliere on 29 June 1870. About 1874-1875 he married (2) Jemima Valliere. And on 15 November 1895, he married (3) Eliza Valliere. Noel (given as Christmas in some records) - all 3 of his wives being sisters; res. Buckingham to 1899 then MI; 9 children. John died 15 April 1931 at Traverse City, MI;

Children of John and Persis, Jemima, Eliza (Valliere) Bigelow:
Since we don't know when all the wives died, we don't know who was the mother of John's nine children, although the first three appear to be of Persis.

15336.52422 Delilah, b 16 Sept 1872 Glen Almond; d 28 Nov 1876 Buckingham, Papineau, Que;

15336.52423 Maria (Marie) ¹⁰ , b 12 Mar1873 Buckingham, Papineau, Que; d 30 June 1944 Buckingham, Papineau, Que; m 21 Oct 1895 Alfred Parcher at Buckingham, Papineau, Que, (see below)

15336.52424 Samuel, b_____ ; d ____ ; sons: (misplaced here see Samuel James)

15336.52425 Minerva, b 11 Sept 1876 Buckingham; d 14 Nov 1941 Grand Rapids, Kent co, MI; m 22 Apr 1902 Leo C. Swain (1878-1954 Jackson, MI) at Bear Lake, MI; 1 dau known: Ella Swain;

15336.52426 Mary Jane, b_____ ; d ____ ; m ___ Moore. Daughter May Moore, b 13 Sept 1889; m ____ Jackson; in 1979 of Brownsburg, Que, age 90 on 13 Sept 1979. Her family hired the church hall and had a real celebration. She has many many living descendants, and only 4 years ago retired from being a practical nurse "taking care of old folks." FORGE Oct 1979, Vol.8, #4, p78.

15336.52427 William, b_____ ; d ____ ; He married and had son Roy Bigelow; 90th birthday 11/1979. William had two daughters: Mrs. J. F. Whiteley and Mrs. C. Wilson and other relatives. Roy spent much of his youth in Pine Hill, Que.

15336.5242? Emily, b_____ ; d ____ ; She married William Valley and had a daughter, name unknown.

Children of John and Jemima (Vallier) Bigelow: (including Minerva above)

:15336.5242? Lemuel Glen, b 29 Apr 1880 Glen Almond; d 10 Mar 1915 Traverse City, MI;

15336.5242? Margaret Ann, b ___ 1886 ; d 09 Aug 1894 Glen Almond;

15336.52429 David Adam, b 25 Sept 1888 Glen Almond; d 16 Jan 1957 Jackson, Jackson, MI; unmarried (see below)

15336.5242? John, b_____ ; d ____ ; m ( John was misidentified as father of his sister Maria above)

Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol II, pg ;
Various census and church records of Quebec;
correspondence between Bigelow Society historian/genealogist and family descendants;
Bigelow Society records.

2011 Note:
From: Michael Karoub < michaelkaroub@yahoo.com >
Under John (9) 1848-1931- is my great grandmother Minerva Bigelow Swain (1876-1941)---I think there is a sibling missing-understandable since John married 3 sisters!
I think there was a David Bigelow- Minerva's brother David paid for my grandmother Ella Swain to go to Ferris State, MI for 2 years-- circa 1924. David would have been in Bear Lake MI area- since Leo Swain lived at his Summers House for a while after 41

Note:
Subject: Bigelow-Warwick genealogy
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 14:49:54 -0500
From: Peter Duncan < pdunc@sympatico.ca >

Hi Rod,You certainly have a great site with a weath of info.I have been researching my Warwick ancesters and have found out that Sam and Elizabeth Warwick,siblings,both married Bigelows.Sam married Marjory Bigelow-8.Elizabeth married Mills
or Miles Bigelow-8.Would you have any additional info on the descendants of these two Bigelows? Many thanks
Pete Duncan,
11 Vannier Av.
Hawkesbury Ontario. K6A 2Y7

Note2:
Subject: Marie Bigelow, Buckingham PQ
Posted by: B.Parcher
Email: wmp@ihorizons.net
Date: March 02, 2001 at 05:26:33
I'm looking for my grandmother"s ancestors. She was Marie Bigelow b 12 Mar1873; d 30 June 1944. She married Alfred Parcher 21 Oct 1895. Her Parents were John and Persis (Valliere) Bigelow. They all lived in Glen Almond and Buckinham PQ.(see below)

15336.52421     William John ¹⁰, b 03 April 1871 Buckingham, Papineau, Que; d 12 Oct 1945 Grand Rapids, Kent co, MI; m 27 Nov 1912 Velva Opal Rohr (she b 26 Apr 1889 Rosehill, Darke co, OH; d 05 Mar 1973 Grand Rapids, Kent co, MI); Occupation: sawyer and laborer; 8 children;

Children:

15336.52421.1     Kenneth Raymond, b 03 Sept 1913 Buckley, Wexford co, MI; d 19 Apr 1953 Grand Rapids, MI; m 25 Nov 1946 Bertha Marguerite Barringer (b 08 Sept 1910 Morley, Mecosta co, MI; d ); 2 children (FTM)(see below)

15336.52421.2     Cora Helen, b 24 Apr 1915 Blain, Benzie co, MI; d ____ ; m (1) 22 Nov 1935 Charles Delos Robinson (b 18 Nov 1909; d 24 May 1976 Oliver, BC, Can); 2 children (FTM); m (2) 29 Apr 1951 George A. Cole ( b 14 Jan 1921 Reno, KS); no children;

15336.52421.3     Eleanor Margaret, b 12 Aug 1916 Buckley, MI; d _____ ; m 30 May 1937 Elmer Raymond Sage (b 22 May 1915 Cassopolis, MI); 6 children (FTM)

15336.52421.4     Harold Revere, b 30 Sep 1917 Buckley, MI; d 11 June 1957 Grand Rapids; m 02 Feb 1945 Lucille Boutle (b 1916 New Iberia, LA); 3 children (FTM)

15336.52421.5     Doris Carol, b 16 Apr 1919; d ____ Bear Lake, Manistee co, MI; (51242563351)

15336.52421.6     Floris Elizabeth, b 03 Feb 1921 Bear Lake, MI; d 17 Sept 1958 Kalamazoo, MI; no marriage found

15336.52421.7     Faye Minerva, b 22 Mar 1922 Bear Lake, MI; d ____ ; m 15 Oct 1940 Robert Ridgley Dibble (b 15 Apr 1919 Lansing, MI); 5 children (FTM)

15336.52421.8     Edward Leroy, b 18 Mar 1924 Grand Rapids; d _____ ; m 01 Oct 1949 Doris Patricia Fee (b 24 July 1924 Ann Arbor, MI; d 07 May 1989 South Euclid, , OH); 2 children: Kathryn Patricia and Sylvia Machlin Bigelow (FTM)
Pat Bigelow, founder of the Bigelow Society and did much of the research that became Vol. I and Vol. II of Bigelow Society. She was the first contact this genealogist had to become a member in 1976. She passed away before I had a chance to meet her although I corresponded with her after that until her death. She was a remarkable lady. She also descended from John (1) Rin 2944 the immigrant. She was visiting in Columbus, Ohio and died at Riverside hospital. Pat grew up on the family's farm in Webster Twp., attending a one-room, 1-8 grade school. She attended and graduated from University of Michigan High School and subsequently attended the University of Michigan as an undergraduate. She transferred to the University of Alaska, then located in College, Alaska. She was 1st teacher at newly opened Eielson Air Force Base, 20 mi. or so outside of Fairbanks. The base education officer, "Ed". Bigelow, of Grand Rapids, Michigan found her very special. They married October 1, 1949 in Fairbanks. After the birth of their daughter, Kathryn "Kit," the new parents returned to Michigan so Ed could learn printing at Ferris Institute in Big Rapids. Again, Pat taught- in a one-room school. After Ed's graduation, they returned to Alaska where Ed worked on the weekly paper in cordova, Alaska and daughter Sylvia was born in 1952. By then, Ed was diagnosed with ileitis. They worked in California at Lakeport and Ukiah, eventually settling in Plainwell, Michigan en route to the VA hospital in Michigan. In 1954 Pat contracted bulbar polio which was to have long-lasting impact. She was hospitalized many months, a quadriplegic. Ed suffered more and more from ileitis but continued working as a printer. Despite the hardships, Pat devoted herself to the education and life learning of the girls, often taking on many other children to tutor. Books and music filled each of Ed and Pat's homes over the years. They shared keen interests in history and settlement of the U.S. and it is not surprising that together they formed the Bigelow Society while living in Jonesville, Michigan after Ed's early retirement from disability. Pat focused on the tracing of genealogies and writing many articles which formed the basis of the quarterly Forge publications. In early years, their production tools were mimeograph, stapled and imaginations, but together they helped ignite and foster many other people's interest in their family history and genealogy. In 1976 Ed and Pat moved to Fairbanks, Alaska to make their home with daughter Kit and family. In 1984 Ed preceded Pat in death. Pat immersed herself even more in genealogy and publication of her first book as well as family matters. In June 1987, Pat took on a remarkable journey, with daughter Kit, ten year old grandson Alex, and a 19 year old college student, traveling from Fairbanks, Alaska to a new home in the Cleveland area. Pat was thrilled to be able to attend the 1988 Bigelow Family Reunion at Hiram College in Ohio. Pat's interests in family and history led to a trip to Columbus, Ohio on April 30, 1989 in order to visit with a niece and see a museum exhibit. She died unexpectedly in Columbus on May 7th of heart complications following a week's hospitalization. She left two daughters, Kathryn (Mrs. Timothy Jensen of South Euclid, Ohio) and Sylvia, (Mrs. Joseph Wallace of Dexter, MI) Three grandchildren, Alexander Jensen and Jessamyn and Thomas Wallace; and one sister, Amy M. Fee of Dexter, MI. She was cremated and memorial services were held in South Euclid on May 13 1989. Interment was with her husband at Bear Lake, MI. SEE FORGE, January 1997, Vol. 26, #1 "Tribute to Pat Bigelow 1924-1989" with her picture on page 7. Laurel (Bigelow) Barklow was the other founding member of the Bigelow Society.
Source: FORGE, In Memoriam, July 1989, Vol. 18, No. 3

15336.52423 Maria (Marie) ¹⁰ Bigelow, , dau of John ⁹ ( Mills ⁸ ( Adam Chester ⁷ , Cornelius ⁶ , Paul ⁵, Cornelius ⁴, Samuel ³, Samuel ², John¹) and Persis (VALLIERE ) BIGELOW,was born 12 March 1873 at Buckingham, Papineau, Que. On 21 October 1895 she married Alfred Parcher at Buckingham, Papineau, Que. He was born 25 December 1874, the son of Simon and Margaret (Donaldson) Parcher. He died 21 July 1942 at Buckingham. Maria died 30 June 1944 Buckingham, Papineau, Que.

Children of Alfred and Maria (Bigelow) Parcher:

15336.524231 Wilson Parcher, b ____ ; d ____ ; m Marie Price (she b _ Mar 1899 Menominee, MI; d 24 Jan 1980 Ottawa, Ont)

15336.524232 Hazel Parcher, b ____ ; d ____ ; m ___ Gay; children: Donald Gay and Muriel Gay;

15336.524233 Alton Arnott Parcher, b 20 Nov 1906 Glen Almond,, Que; d 09 Apr 1981 Glen Almond,, Que; m ; Survived by wife, Georgina, four sons and dau., 2 sisters and many other relatives. FORGE Vol.10, #3, p.19.#27956

15336.524234 Bernice Parcher, b ____ ; d ____ ;

15336.524235 Ivy Parcher, b ____ ; d ____ ;

15336.524236 Ruby Parcher, b ____ ; d ____ ;

15336.524237 Howard Parcher, b ____ ; d ____ ;

15336.524238 Olga Parcher, b ____ ; d ____ ;

15336.524239 Ann Parcher, b ____ ; d ____ ;

15336.52423A Alfred Parcher, b ____ ; d ____ ;