James BIGGAR

1830 - 1907  (77 years)

• Name	James BIGGAR  [1]
  Birth	1830	Upper Canada, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  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."
  Death	14 Jul 1905	Walpole Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  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	Walpole Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	from the farm to a big brick house on the main street of Jarvis in
  	"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."
  Name	James P. Biggar  [4]
  _TODO	Open
  	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.
  _UID	F60E3E6DE7344A96A9B612A1C371554F9484
  Death	1907	Walpole Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I4633	Everyone
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2005

  
  

  Father	Murray BIGGAR   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Unknown CLEMENT   d. Aft 1907, Walpole Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Sarah BIGGAR   d. 1909, Ontario, Canada   2. Wellington BIGGAR   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Maria BIGGAR   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Murray BIGGAR   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1684	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2005

  
  

• Sources

  [S663] Thompson, Dr. J. and Dr. M. Thompson, editors, A00576, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada. January 1981.), 2 Apr 2005, page 13, A00576. (Reliability: 3). [S663] Thompson, Dr. J. and Dr. M. Thompson, editors, A00576, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada. January 1981.), 2 Apr 2005, page 14 (typed # 51; stamped # 59), A00576. (Reliability: 3). [S713] Laughton, Lorna Jean, A00623, 9 Jun 2005, Death indexes on microfilm # 1,411,568. Reference to registration # 0011795-05., A00623. (Reliability: 3). [S663] Thompson, Dr. J. and Dr. M. Thompson, editors, A00576, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada. January 1981.), 2 Apr 2005, page 14 (typed # 51, stamped # 59), A00576. (Reliability: 3). [S663] Thompson, Dr. J. and Dr. M. Thompson, editors, A00576, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada. January 1981.), 2 Apr 2005, page 15 (typed # 52; stamped # 60), A00576. (Reliability: 3).