Edward L. Bigelow, courtesy of the Marlborough Historical Society and the Public Library.
Children of Edward and Ella (Fisher) Bigelow, born at Marlborough:
15182.4771 Emily Marguerite, b 09 July 1878; d ___ 1960 (aged 81–82);; m _____ Brigham m _____ Ames. (see below)
15182.4772 George Lambert (Lambert George?), b 22 May 1881. d ___1957 (aged 75–76) Marlborough: (see below)
15182.4773 Edward Fisher, b 0l
Jan 1883; d 1940 (aged 56–57);.m ??;
Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol II , p 330;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America; page 415
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Vol. 30, No. 1, page 9,
This is the Hide and Go Seek Home in Marlborough, MA
(goseek2.jpg)
see Souvenir for souvenir
book by Edward Lambert's wife Ella A. (Fisher) Bigelow
Ella A. Bigelow, From "Historical Reminiscences and
The Early Times in Marlboro, Mass."
New Note 07/26/05:
I, Rod Bigelow, have a copy of Howe's book signed by Emily
Bigelow Ames. It was sold at auction in England and I bought it
from a bookseller on the Internet in 2002?. Also enclosed within
the pages was a pamphet called "Hide And Go Seek Home", by
Ella A. Bigelow, Marlboro, Mass.
Emily Bigelow Ames made notations in Howe that corrects dates for
her and siblings plus other info. As well as correcting Ella M.
Fisher to Ella A. Fisher. This Ella (Fisher) Bigelow appears to be
the author of the pamphlet. She does not correct Howe in the order
of George Lambert from Lambert George
Note:
From: Ryan Freedman" < jrprince77@hotmail.com
>
Date: 07/26/05
Rod,
I live in Marlborough MA, bought my house from a Bigelow.
The house has
been in the Bigelow family since they built it in the
1800's. I found a
bunch of stuff in the crawl space that I just donated to the
Marlborough
historical society. But I still have access to it and have
scanned in
pictures of some of it too if you are interested.
I found your website exptremely helpful in researching the people
associated
with the stuff I found so I'd like to provide you with whatever
info you
would like. It appears that the people who lived in this
house started with
Lambert (15182.47), then E.L. (15182.477), then George L. (could
be Lambert
George, 15182.4772 ??), then his son Edward F who is not on your
site born 1911.
January 2001
FORGE: The Bigelow Society Quarterly
Vol.30, No.1
In the October 2000 issue of Forge, Ella A. Bigelow,
author of a little book, The Old Master, was identified as Ella
(Bigelow) Baker [15182.478]. We have received new information in a
letter from George H. l1 Bigelow, Jr. [George H. l0,
George Lambert 9, Edward Lambert 8, as
above] who believes Ella A. Bigelow to be his great-grandmother,
Ella Augusta (Fisher) Bigelow, wife of Edward Lambert 8
Bigelow [15182.477], who is coincidentally the brother of Ella
(Bigelow) Baker.
Mr. Bigelow writes that Ella Augusta Fisher
was born 21 May 1849 at Malden, MA and was the daughter of Ruth H.
(Benchley) and Lewis Fisher. She married Edward Lambert Bigelow of
Marlborough, MA on 10 January 1877.
Elaine Lubin of Concord, MA has a copy of the
book, The Old Master, which is signed by Ella A. Bigelow, Hide and
Seek Home, Marlboro, Mass. Mr. Bigelow's aunt, Elizabeth (Bigelow)
Oldham, "Aunt Betty," a granddaughter of Ella (Fisher) Bigelow,
lived in England from 1956 until her death in 1983. She wrote a
short memoir for her nephew relating her childhood and the family
that resided in Marlborough. In this memoir, she talks about the
"Hide and Seek Home":
...Sometimes I dream of wandering through the rooms of the Big
House (there were three houses on the property - originally the
Bannister Estate but came to the Bigelows by marriage), the ones I
was allowed in - many were shut off - parlors with treasures that
I only have the vaguest recollection of so I expect I was not
allowed in these rooms often. Perhaps they were the rooms that
were opened for display only to whoever came to my Grandmother's
'Open House.' She opened the house at special times for the
curious ones - and charged too!!! But the stipend went to her
various charities. She wrote a little pamphlet called the
'Hide and Seek Home' which was sold to the entrants. It describes
all the treasures that had been collected by my grandparents in
America and abroad ... I suppose all these things were the surplus
left over after the Natural History Museum in Marlborough was
supplied ... I often wonder what treasures were sold at the
auction sale after my grandfather's death. The sale went on for
days and there was a book describing everything.
Aunt Betty was about 7 years old at the time
of this auction sale. She went on to say in the letter that Henry
Ford bought many things and used the purchases to furnish the
Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Mass.
Aunt Betty described the "Big House" which we
now believe to be the same as the "Hide and Seek Home" as located
facing Pleasant Street and Old Mulberry Lane, later renamed
Lincoln Street. In earlier days when Marlborough was developing,
part of the property served as the village green. Lambert 7
Bigelow started a store on Lincoln Street that grew into "Morse
& Bigelow," a fairly large store for the time, where his son,
Edward Lambert 8, was also engaged. The store later burned to the
ground one winter night.
Aunt Betty also wrote in her letter that
"Grandmother B. [Ella Fisher Bigelow] had been sent to Germany to
study voice and painting before she was married." She was the
author of the History of Marlborough published in 1910, and
apparently authored other works. Ella died 23 October 1917 and is
buried in Marlborough at "Maplewood." She and Edward Lambert
Bigelow had three children:
i. Emily Marguerite, b 9 Jul1878.
ii. George Lambert, b 22 May 1881.
iii. Edward Fisher, b 1 Jan 1883.
[Note the many discrepancies with The Bigelow Family Genealogy,
Vol. II, which also lists Edward Lambert's wife as "Ella M.
Fisher."]
Ella left two or three diaries which
unfortunately would have been sold at auction in 1984 when Aunt
Betty's estate was settled in England. She had no children and her
husband's family was British. Her memoirs were left to George H.11
Bigelow, Jr. as ''that particular nephew who wanted to learn more
about the Bigelow family history." His father, George H.10
Bigelow, and the younger brother of Elizabeth Bigelow Oldham, had
moved to Cape Cod in 1936 and died in 1966.
Those wishing to learn more about Ella Augusta
(Fisher) Bigelow should seek out the History of Marlborough,
1910, in which there are also many photographs of her.
Note:
Subject: Ella A Bigelow
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 11:44:12 EST
From: ELUBIN3392@aol.com
Several years ago I came across a small book written
by Ella A Bigelow published in Boston in 1895. The cover title is
"The Old Master". It is a list of 150 questions on The Old Masters
to be used as a guide for a parlour game. There is a dedication to
the Tuesday club, signed Ella A Bigelow, Hide and Seek Home,
Marlboro Mass, May 1889. I have always been enchanted by this
little book and thought it would be fun to find out about Ella and
the Tuesday club. I found an Ella A Bigelow born in
Marlboro on an Internet listing said she married in 1868 so I
thought it odd that she wouldn't have used her married name.
Today I found your amazing Bigelow web page and thought surely
someone there can help me.
I look forward to anything you might be able to help me with.
Thank you, Ella A. mentioned above was the wife of
Edward Lambert 8 .
Elaine Lubin
403 Simon Willard Rd
Concord, Ma
ELUBIN3392@aol.com
Note2:
I recently obtained a 1st edition copy of Howe's book: Bigelow
Family of America. The owners name was written on the inside
cover: Emily Bigelow Ames. On page 173 she wrote
in the margin identifying Gershom 6
as her grandfather. On the back flyleaf she identifies the
following lineage:
1- John - Mary Warren
2- Sam'l - Mary Flagg
3- John - Jerusha Garfield
4- Gershom - Mary Howe -
5- Lieut Ivory - Sophia Banister (sic) "Ivory's sister Mary
married Artemus Howe"
Grandpa
6- Gershom m Mary Howe "dau of Abraham & Lydia
Howe ( Gershoms bro' was another Ivory who m Susannah Rice)"
7- Lambert m Emily Dickenson
Mary Bigelow b Nov 16-1865
her mother was Mary Augusta -
(born 1828 m - Yale Rice of Ohio -
died 1879 - res - Orwell? Ohio -
she was daughter of ~~~
Gershom B - mar - Eunice Wilder -
rodbigelow@netzero.net 
