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16921.781 Ida, b abt 1865; d _____ ;
16921.782 Charles Frederick, b 26 Apr 1869 Georgeville; d ; m Mabel Harriet Hall; 2 children; (see below)
16921.783 Minnie E., b abt 1879; d ____ ; who at age 18 married 09 Feb 1898 Francis N. Devall, a butcher, at Dunville, Newington, Quebec.
Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy, Vol I page 346 child;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
vital records MA.
Note 09/22/07:
New info supplied by: Donald Bigelow dbigelow@tampabay.rr.com
16921.78 Ezra; b 10 Sept 1847; d
29 June 1890; m Mary R. Bullock; at least 3 children; res Georgeville, Can.
Comments:
I recently purchased an antique bottle embossed “Bigelow’s Pharmacy, Newport,
Vt.” This new addition to my Bigelow bottle collection presented a
challenge for me to relate that unknown Bigelow back to John 1, but a healthy
dose of perseverance and some Internet sleuthing resulted in many facts of
family history that I believe are worthy of passing on.
The druggist in question was Charles Frederick Bigelow, born 26
Apr 1869 in Georgeville, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada. In 1893 he married
Mabel Harriet Hall, born 02 Oct 1873 in Vermont, the daughter of
James R. Hall and his wife Amie F. Hall. Charles and Mabel Bigelow
had two children: Beatrice Amy, born June 1895, and Rudolf J., born
Nov 1899.
In 1869 James Hall founded Hall’s Drug Store in Newport, Vermont.
In 1886 he had a sizeable building constructed in Newport to house his drug
store, other businesses, and his residence. That drug store was ultimately
taken over by his son-in-law, Charles F. Bigelow, and re-named Bigelow’s
Pharmacy. Hence the embossing on the bottle I purchased. Charles
became a prominent business man in Newport and was president of the local
bank when he died 06 May 1920. The drug store subsequently was purchased
by Charles’ son-in-law, Delos M. Buck, who had married Charles’ daughter Beatrice.
Charles F. Bigelow was the son of Ezra and Mary R. (Bullock) Bigelow.
It is probable that Ezra was born in Georgeville, Quebec, as his father,
Levi Bigelow, had relocated there from Worcester, Massachusetts after his
second wife, Sulia Blake, died about 1835, and he later remarried in Quebec.
Levi was an innkeeper in Georgevill, Quebec. I have been unable to
find the name of Levi’s third wife. Ezra, who was a farmer, is buried
in Bullock Cemetery in Georgeville. His tombstone states that he was
born 10 Sep 1847 and died 29 Jun 1890. His wife, Mary R. Bullock, was
She too is buried in Bullock Cemetery.
Ezra and Mary Bigelow had at least three children: Ida, born abt.
1865, Charles F., born 26 Apr 1869, and Minnie E., born abt. 1879, who at
age 18 married 09 Feb 1898 Francis N. Devall, a butcher, at Dunville, Newington,
Quebec.
So, my Bigelow’s Pharmacy bottle has told me that the lineage of Charles
F. Bigelow back to John 1 is:
Charles Frederick 8, Ezra 7, Levi 6, David 5, David 4, Daniel 3, Joshua
2, John 1.
Sincerely,
Don
(Donald E. Bigelow, Bradenton, FL)
References:
1900 U.S. Census, Newport, Vermont
Directory of the Village, Newport, Vermont, 1896-1897
Directory of the City - 1925, Newport, Vt, Janice Boyko (RootsWeb)
1881 Canadian Census, Stanstead, Stanstead, Quebec
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/sdg98.htm
Ontario, Canada Marriages,
1857-1922 (Ancestry.com)
Mitchell & Co’s Canada Classified Directory for 1865-66
Canada Directory 1851
Newport and the Northeast Kingdom, (Images of America Series), Barbara
Kaiser
1920 United States Federal Census
A Canadian in Lowell: Labour, Manhood and Independence in the Early
Industrial Era,
The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Volume I, Patricia Bigelow, Editor, The
Bigelow
Bullock Cemetery, Georgeville, Stanstead County, Quebec, Leslie Nutbrown,
Nov 22,
Canadian Genealogy Index,
1600’s 1900’s, Ancestry.com (Quebec Directory for 1851)
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