Bertha Rio 10 BIGELOW

Bertha Rio

16324.21122       Bertha Rio 10 BIGELOW, dau of Orrin Ellis 9 (Ezra James 8 , James 7 , Ephraim Bate 6 , Ephraim 5 , John 4 , Liutenant John 3,Joshua 2, John 1), and Sally Jean (WEST) BIGELOW, was born 31 March 1889 in Idaho. m (1) 25 November 1909 Fred Ellis Clift (1874-1950) Ogden, Weber, UT. Child: Fred Clift, jr; m (2) 09 Jan 1926 James C. Dixon (1893-1972).   Bertha died 24 September 1965, in Grant, OR. (James Orin Bigelow and Bertha Rio Bigelow, had a child Earlene Hazel, before she married James Dixon. Their marriage unknown)(see below) Earlene claimed both James Dixon and John Orrin Bigelow as her father, when they died

Child of Fred and Bertha Rio (Bigelow) Clift:

16324.21122.1    Fred Ellis Clift, jr, b 30 August 1910 Ogden, UT; d 18 June 1963 Grant, OR; m 15 January 1939 June Rosalua Yates (1914-2002); child: Fred James Clift (1942- 1977 )

Child of James Orin and Bertha Rio (Bigelow) Bigelow (see below):

16324.21122.2     Earlene Hazel Bigelow, b 08 January 1923 Ogden, Weber, UT; d 03 October 2010 Multnomah, OR; m (1) 09 April 1945 Julius Alphenius Farmer; m (2) 16 December 1946 Vernon Oron Clifford (1908-1991)(see below); child: Vern James Clifford (1956-2016); child: Tracy Leon Clifford (1957-2017) Earlene was adopted by James C. Dixon;

Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Volume. II;;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
Bigelow Society historian/genealogist records [prior to 1995];
correspondence with descendants.

Bertha Rio Bigelow was born on 31 March 1889, in Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory, United States, her father, Orrin Ellis Bigelow, was 30 and her mother, Sallie Jean West, was 27. She married Fred Clift on 25 November 1909, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Prairie City, Grant, Oregon, United States in 1930 and Election Precinct 2 John Day, Grant, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 24 September 1965, in Grant, Oregon, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Canyon City Cemetery, Canyon City, Grant, Oregon, United States.


Earlene Hazel Bigelow was born on 8 January 1923, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, her father, James C Dixon, was 29 and her mother, Bertha Rio Bigelow, was 33. She married Julius Alphenius Farmer on 9 April 1945, in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States. She lived in Utah, United States in 1925 and Prairie City, Grant, Oregon, United States in 1930. She died on 3 October 2010, in Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, The Dalles, Wasco, Oregon, United States.

John and Bertha
John Bigelow and Bertha Rio Bigelow

Earlene and Vern  Earlene Hazel
Marriage of Vern Clifford and Earlene Bigelow Dixon 1946                                         Earlene Hazel Bigelow
Earlene 2 later yrs
Earlene later years


Modified - 03/30/2022
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