Murray BIGGAR

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Guelph, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada
• _UID: 12CE1C91D7754715A5B4C9D7E4591068E3D5

Notes:

Education:
He attended the agricultural college specializing in livestock.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Moved: Walpole Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada; from the farm to a big brick house on the main street of Jarvis in
• Name: James P. Biggar
• _TODO: Open
• _UID: F60E3E6DE7344A96A9B612A1C371554F9484
• Death: 14 Jul 1905, Walpole Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Physical Description:
"He was a huge man, well over 6 feet in height and weighing 250 lbs without fat."

Character:
"He was a genial, kindly giant full of fun and jokes." "There was great affection between him and mother [Sarah Biggar Thompson] and he frequently drove over (12 miles) to our place to spend a day or night with us. He was an almost incessant smoker."

Health:
"Late in life, he developed cancer of the jaw. At that time there was no operating. For sometime before the end" his daughter, Sarah (Biggar) Thompson "moved in with them and nursed him - a horrible job which nearly drove her crazy."

Interests:
"He took no part in political or community affairs."

Moved:
"The house had two tall spruces in front and a wonderful grape arbor behind. There was a big living room and a parlor across the central hall from it. On rare occasions grandmother allowed us as a great privilege to go into the parlor for a short time. The furniture was covered with hard black horsehair cloth. The room was always kept dark."

_TODO:
Registration # 011795-05. Family History Library microfilm # 1,854,396 # 10685-16362. He died July 14, 1905. See A00623. Index microfilm: Family History Library microfilm # 1,411,568 items 1-3. B 1891-1919. WPT memoir says James died in 1907.

James married Unknown CLEMENT. Unknown died after 1907 in Walpole Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: D8DDC9B5A31045F19C207931C5333CD48AA5

Notes:

Physical Description:
"She was a tiny woman who couldn't have weighed 100 lbs."

Character:
"She had a very sharp tongue and showed no indulgence to her grandchildren - perhaps to counter-balance grandfather's activities."