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Murray BIGGAR

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Murray BIGGAR and died.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. James BIGGAR  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1830 in Upper Canada, Canada; died in 1907 in Walpole Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 3. Maggie BIGGAR  Descendancy chart to this point and died.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James BIGGAR Descendancy chart to this point (1.Murray1) was born in 1830 in Upper Canada, Canada; died in 1907 in Walpole Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.

    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.

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

    Children:
    1. 4. Sarah BIGGAR  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1909 in Ontario, Canada.
    2. 5. Wellington BIGGAR  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    3. 6. Maria BIGGAR  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    4. 7. Murray BIGGAR  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  2. 3.  Maggie BIGGAR Descendancy chart to this point (1.Murray1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 2E1676BD4BEE41ADA66A47FCFA80B05B7663

    Family/Spouse: MCDUFFIE. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Sarah BIGGAR Descendancy chart to this point (2.James2, 1.Murray1) died in 1909 in Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 56.14*
    • _TODO: Open
    • _UID: D5E4763A46544DBDA29C48CC462E32FC019F
    • Death: 1909, Ontario, Canada; from pneumonia

    Notes:

    _TODO:
    SARAH THOMPSON died in 1909 - likely Haldimand County. FHL index microfilm # 1,819,303 items 4-6, T-V 1869-1919.

    Sarah married Wesley THOMPSON in 1870. Wesley (son of Jacob THOMPSON and Elizabeth MAY) was born in 1838 in Seneca Township, Niagara District, Upper Canada, Canada; died in 1896 in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Wellington THOMPSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1877 in Oneida Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada; and died.
    2. 9. Lily THOMPSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1883 in Oneida Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada; and died.
    3. 10. S. THOMPSON  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 11. W.P. THOMPSON  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 12. J. THOMPSON  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 13. Unknown THOMPSON  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  2. 5.  Wellington BIGGAR Descendancy chart to this point (2.James2, 1.Murray1) and died.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Murray BIGGAR  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    2. 15. Wilbur BIGGAR  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    3. 16. Lillian BIGGAR  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    4. 17. Pearl BIGGAR  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  3. 6.  Maria BIGGAR Descendancy chart to this point (2.James2, 1.Murray1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 02435E877CCF476D9D362E7B15C794D2E7DC

    Family/Spouse: Mr. BOULTER. Mr. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Clement BOULTER  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  4. 7.  Murray BIGGAR Descendancy chart to this point (2.James2, 1.Murray1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: North Bay, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada; lawyer, for a short time,
    • _UID: FC43878175B9436A9AB2A4F3672D5F7169FA

    Notes:

    Family:
    "When he was quite a young man, he disappeared and no trace of him was ever found."



Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Wellington THOMPSON Descendancy chart to this point (4.Sarah3, 2.James2, 1.Murray1) was born in 1877 in Oneida Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _TODO: Open
    • _TODO: Open
    • _UID: B7E7B8D8557F499F8CFA5530E01567E33477
    • Education: Abt 1887, Oneida Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1896, Oneida Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada; farmer on the home farm, after the death of his father,
    • Moved: 1901, Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada; from the farm near Decewsville

    Notes:

    _TODO:
    Wellington was the son of Wesley Thompson. Born in 1877 in Oneida Township near Decewsville. Ref: A00576 page 7.

    _TODO:
    index microfilm # 1819612 items 1-2. T 1889 part, T 1890-1910. Wellington married Nellie Strohm after 1897, likely Oneida Twp near Decewsville. Ref: A00576 page 7.

    Education:
    "He had an elementary education and no intellectual interests."

    Moved:
    "In 1901 the farm was sold at his wife's insistence and they moved to Hamilton where he became a laborer in a farm machinery factory. Her insistence was due chiefly to her desire to live in a city, but probably also because the farm was not providing a very good living; several of our neighbors sold their farms about this time and moved to the west."

    Family/Spouse: Nellie STROHM. Nellie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Lily THOMPSON Descendancy chart to this point (4.Sarah3, 2.James2, 1.Murray1) was born in 1883 in Oneida Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _TODO: Open
    • _TODO: Open
    • _UID: BF34F237EDDC4ED6A07E74055D0BC14710C6
    • Moved: 1901, Walpole Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada; when the farm near Decewsville was sold, to a small house in Hagersville
    • Occupation: Abt 1901, Walpole Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada; saleswoman in the general store in Hagersville
    • Residence: Abt 1903, Walpole Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada; a farm three miles east of Jarvis "on the main road", after her marriage,

    Notes:

    _TODO:
    Lily was the daughter of Wesley Thompson. Born in 1883 in Oneida Township near Decewsville. Ref: A00576 page 7.

    _TODO:
    FHL index microfilm # 1,819,612 items 1-2. T 1889 part, T 1890-1910. Lily married Marshall Roberts after moving to Hagersville in 1901. Ref: A00576 page 7 & 8.

    Lily married Marshall ROBERTS about 1903. Marshall and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 10.  S. THOMPSON Descendancy chart to this point (4.Sarah3, 2.James2, 1.Murray1)

  4. 11.  W.P. THOMPSON Descendancy chart to this point (4.Sarah3, 2.James2, 1.Murray1)

    Family/Spouse: M. GORDON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. M. THOMPSON  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 20. J. THOMPSON  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 12.  J. THOMPSON Descendancy chart to this point (4.Sarah3, 2.James2, 1.Murray1)

  6. 13.  Unknown THOMPSON Descendancy chart to this point (4.Sarah3, 2.James2, 1.Murray1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 83D38D996D774455AC5C8B362A9C5B32157E


  7. 14.  Murray BIGGAR Descendancy chart to this point (5.Wellington3, 2.James2, 1.Murray1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

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

    Notes:

    Education:
    He attended the agricultural college specializing in livestock.


  8. 15.  Wilbur BIGGAR Descendancy chart to this point (5.Wellington3, 2.James2, 1.Murray1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada; as a farmer, owning a farm near his father's farm,
    • _UID: 5BF6C04DE11B4605BA5F320FDA6C0FEE42B9


  9. 16.  Lillian BIGGAR Descendancy chart to this point (5.Wellington3, 2.James2, 1.Murray1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 6CB3C0138549415988A2D001C0BF112E13DE

    Notes:

    Family:
    She "married a well-to-fo farmer".


  10. 17.  Pearl BIGGAR Descendancy chart to this point (5.Wellington3, 2.James2, 1.Murray1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 767B312D662C418CB317788F292D317F858E

    Family/Spouse: Mr. AULD. Mr. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  11. 18.  Clement BOULTER Descendancy chart to this point (6.Maria3, 2.James2, 1.Murray1) and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: 3ACB0D50C28F485DB786446E6209C8C842B8



Generation: 5

  1. 19.  M. THOMPSON Descendancy chart to this point (11.W.P.4, 4.Sarah3, 2.James2, 1.Murray1)

    Family/Spouse: B.W. SMITH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. L. SMITH  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 22. M. SMITH  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 20.  J. THOMPSON Descendancy chart to this point (11.W.P.4, 4.Sarah3, 2.James2, 1.Murray1)

    Family/Spouse: M. WILSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. G. THOMPSON  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 24. B. THOMPSON  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 6

  1. 21.  L. SMITH Descendancy chart to this point (19.M.5, 11.W.P.4, 4.Sarah3, 2.James2, 1.Murray1)

    Family/Spouse: L. SMITH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. B. SMITH  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 26. L. SMITH  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 22.  M. SMITH Descendancy chart to this point (19.M.5, 11.W.P.4, 4.Sarah3, 2.James2, 1.Murray1)

    Family/Spouse: M. MAYO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 23.  G. THOMPSON Descendancy chart to this point (20.J.5, 11.W.P.4, 4.Sarah3, 2.James2, 1.Murray1)

  4. 24.  B. THOMPSON Descendancy chart to this point (20.J.5, 11.W.P.4, 4.Sarah3, 2.James2, 1.Murray1)


Generation: 7

  1. 25.  B. SMITH Descendancy chart to this point (21.L.6, 19.M.5, 11.W.P.4, 4.Sarah3, 2.James2, 1.Murray1)

  2. 26.  L. SMITH Descendancy chart to this point (21.L.6, 19.M.5, 11.W.P.4, 4.Sarah3, 2.James2, 1.Murray1)


 

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