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Children of Jairus and Margaret (Simons) Bigelow:
159B3.451 Helen H., d young??(see below)
159B3.452t Lanes,
b 12 Aug 1855 Mundy; m __ Eva Robbins (1853-1936)( d 09 Feb 1936 Mundy)??;
(We have been told his name was pronounced "Layness") He died 18 Nov 1909
at Mundy. 2 children:
1. Louisa, b 1876; d young.
2. Elmer, b 1881; d 1883.
Sources:
Bigelow Society,The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol II, pg 161;
Records of bigelow Society historian/genealogist [prior to 1995].
correspondence with descendants.
Descendant note:
Subject: Helen H. Bigelow
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 23:57:04 -0700
From: Craig L. Burns < cburns@mcn.org >
I just ran across your Bigelow site, and it's very impressive. It will
take me some time to assimilate it. I tried to follow the link to Jairus,
son of Jairus. I am descended from his daughter Helen, who married
Stephen R. Thorp. I was curious about your information, since my Bigelow
source has her dying young. I have pictures and scrapbook item nailing
her down. I'll bookmark this and try to check on it later. Craig
L. Burns
More:
I got your message and followed your link. Thanks for getting it repaired.
This follows the info in The Bigelow Family Genealogy, V 2. I have some fairly
compelling evidence that Helen lived until at least 1938. I have pictures
of her, labeled and dated, until then. She married Stephen Rowell Thorp
abt 1870, and had two children, Edmond Lucian b. 1872, and Beade (or Bert)
b. Aug 1873. I have Stephen's scrapbook, which consists mostly of newspaper
cuttings without dates or paper name pasted on. There is also a letter
to "Helen and Children" signed "Affecionate Mother and Grandmother, Margurite
Bigelow", which was pasted onto the back cover. I have attached
a scan of this note to this message. (see Marbig1
) There is an obit. for Mrs Margaret Bigelow, 85, native of Switzerland.
Her husband, Jairus Bigelow d. 20 yrs previosly. She died at home of
son Lanes in Mundy township, Genesee, MI. She had been a resident of
Mundy for 54 years. She leaves 2 daughters, Mrs. Stephen
Thorp and Mrs. Josephine Shaw. She was burr. in the Whigville cemetery.
Over this obit. is penciled "Mother" in Stephen Thorp's handwriting.
There is an obit for Mrs. Dudly Shaw (Sarah Bigelow) mentioning three brothers
and two sisters: Mrs. Joseph Stayman, Albert, David, and Franklin Bigelow,
and Mrs. Barney Greenfield. There is also an obit for Mrs. Josephine
Shaw, b. near Berne, Switzerland in 1845, who came to the US when she was
5 years old, which mentions sister Mrs S. R.
Thorp. There are other obits., some of which are or may be Bigelows,
others of Thorps, and some unknowns, possibly freinds and neighbors. There
is also another story, also undated, about Jairus Bigelow, 68. It gives
his results in farming three acres, two of them in onions. He raised
700 bushels of assorted onions, 173 bushels of rutabaga, 133 bushels potatoes,
30 bushels corn, 17 bushels beets, 11 bushels carrots, 3 bushels parsnips,
5 bushels of white turnips, and 1 and a half bushels of onion seed, plus
1,000 head of cabbage. It also gives his expenses for the two acres
of onions, which with his labor included totals
$95.25. I also have a copy of the marriage record for Eddie Thorp and
Mary Stark which shows Eddie's father as S. R. Thorpe and mothers maiden name
as Helen Bigelow. If you want scans of any of this, let me know.
My descent is:
Helen H. Bigelow m. Stephen Rowell Thorp
Edmund Lucian Thorp m. Mary Stark
Ethel Helen Lulu Thorp m. Marion Edward Burns
Vernon Mitchell Burns m. Catherine Virginia Connet
Craig Lance Burns (me)
I would be interested in any information about Mrs. Margurite Simmons and
Lucinda Main, if you have any that is not posted on your web site. Thanks
Again Craig Burns
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