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Children of Truman David and Minnie M. (BIGELOW) Parkinson both born in Oconto County, WI:
159B1.17361 Ruth Marie PARKINSON, b 15 Aug 1908 currently res.Appleton, WI.
159B1.17362 David Bigelow PARKINSON, b 16 May 1911, d 17 Mar 1991; m 11 Aug 1938 Alberta Merle STEINFELDT (see below).
Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol II, pg 435;
January 1997 FORGE: The Bigelow Society Quarterly Vol. 26, No. I
Bigelow Society records from correspondence with family descendants.
Descendant note: see also David Bigelow
10 Parkinson
Have you anything on Charles Hawkes Bigelow, who married circa
1845 to a Miss Briggs? Marriage was in Northhampton or Springfield MA.
(I also have an extensive line in Briggs)
Just got some information on my Temple line, and several Bigelows
tie in there also. Same for my Hoag & Haseltine lines.
I keep collecting folks. I take all branches of families, as one never
knows when one will find a vital connection.
Will have to wait a bit for Ferrand's line. I didn't connect
with cousin Lucille, so I do not have her branch yet. She is descended
from Ferrand's youngest, Sarah.
I have Civil War service cert. for Elverton, William and
Franklin B. ;all sons of Ferrand. Elverton and William both served
most of the war. Franklin enlisted and was killed in the mine explosion at
Petersburg, VA. Also have cert. for Francis A. Bigelow.
I also have letters Elverton wrote, one in 1865 when the armies
were gathering around Washington DC to be mustered out. As soon as
I can gather info., it would probably make an interesting article for the
Forge.
I also have info. on Elverton's granddaughter Ethelyn Minerva
Parkinson, dau. of Ethel Bigelow and James Nelson Parkinson. She is still
living at 92. She made her career as a children's books author.
This might also be of interest to the Forge. Her "double cousin" was
David
Bigelow Parkinson, son of Truman David Parkinson & Minnie Bigelow.
There has already been an article about him in the Forge. Kathy
Parkinson E-mail wraith@lakefield.net
Obituary:
This note bears the unhappy news of the death of my mother, Alberta Merle
Steinfeldt Parkinson
(b. June 27, 1918, d. September 14, 2006), widow of David Bigelow Parkinson,
Sr, (b. May 16, 1911, d. March 17,1991).
My mother died peacefully at age 88 in the loving arms of her son David Bigelow
Parkinson, Jr, on September 14, 2006, at the family home in Cleveland Heights,
Ohio.
-Thomas Parkinson < thomasrparkinson@yahoo.com >
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