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Edward Manning BIGELOW

Male 1850 - 1916  (66 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Edward Manning BIGELOW was born on 6 Nov 1850 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania (son of Edward Manning BIGELOW and Mary STEEL); died on 6 Dec 1916 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; was buried in Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    He was a Civil Engineer, City of Pittsburg; no children.

    Head of Dept of Public Works in Pittsburgh and died before the start of his 4th term, whose foremost achievement was the acquisition of Schenley and Highland Parks for the city. Known as the father of the city’s parks system in Pittsburgh, the city erected a statue of Mr. Bigelow in Schenley Park while he was living (by Giuseppe Moretti, 1895) which was an extremely rare honor! He was very good friends with Andrew Carnegie. Mary Peabody married Edward Bigelow in 1880 and they had no children.

    He was appointed Commissioner of the newly formed State Highway Department in 1911 (served 1911-15) by PA Gov. John K. Tener and grew the roads managed from 7,000 to 13,000 miles at a time when the automobile was a novelty, but quickly replacing the horse and carriage as the regular mode of transportation. PennDOT claims more than 41,000 miles today (Sep. 2013). Grant Boulevard was posthumously re-named Bigelow Boulevard in his memory in 1916.

    Edward married Mary PEABODY in 1880. Mary and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Edward Manning BIGELOW was born on 14 Nov 1819 in Nova Scotia (son of Reuben BIGELOW and Lavinia SKINNER); died on 17 Sep 1855 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

    Edward married Mary STEEL. Mary was born in Pennsylvania; died on 6 Nov 1886 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary STEEL was born in Pennsylvania; died on 6 Nov 1886 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
    Children:
    1. Thomas Steel BIGELOW was born on 28 Jul 1846; died on 20 Jul 1904; was buried in Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
    2. Mary Lavinia BIGELOW was born in Aug 1848; died in 1940; was buried in Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
    3. 1. Edward Manning BIGELOW was born on 6 Nov 1850 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; died on 6 Dec 1916 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; was buried in Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
    4. Virginia Clay BIGELOW was born on 9 Oct 1852 in Pennsylvania; died on 6 Sep 1926 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; was buried in Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
    5. Elizabeth Magee BIGELOW was born in Aug 1854 in Pennsylvania; died in 1908; was buried in Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Reuben BIGELOW was born on 4 Aug 1779 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia (son of Amasa BIGELOW and Roxanna CONE); died in May 1830.

    Notes:

    Reuben and Lavinia lived a few years in Cornwallis, then moved to Antigonish.

    Reuben married Lavinia SKINNER on 9 Nov 1802. Lavinia (daughter of Charles SKINNER and Sarah OSBORN) was born on 27 Jan 1784 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 9 May 1874 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Lavinia SKINNER was born on 27 Jan 1784 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia (daughter of Charles SKINNER and Sarah OSBORN); died on 9 May 1874 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
    Children:
    1. Ann Chipman BIGELOW was born on 30 Sep 1803 in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia; died in 1888 in Port Hood, Inverness, Nova Scotia.
    2. Gideon Osborn BIGELOW was born on 11 Jul 1805; and died.
    3. Charles Skinner BIGELOW was born on 6 Feb 1807; died on 17 Sep 1890 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
    4. Mary Elizabeth BIGELOW was born on 5 May 1809 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 1 Dec 1890 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
    5. Eunice Caroline BIGELOW was born on 20 Jan 1811; died on 5 Jun 1820.
    6. Samuel William BIGELOW was born on 28 Aug 1813; died on 26 Jun 1884 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut.
    7. Daniel Benjamin BIGELOW was born on 29 Aug 1815; and died.
    8. John George BIGELOW was born on 8 Feb 1817; died on 8 Nov 1859 in Bridgewater, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
    9. 2. Edward Manning BIGELOW was born on 14 Nov 1819 in Nova Scotia; died on 17 Sep 1855 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
    10. Ruth Lavinia BIGELOW was born on 1 Apr 1821; and died.
    11. Manson Amasa BIGELOW was born on 2 Jun 1825; died on 2 Jul 1876.
    12. Rebekah Caroline BIGELOW was born on 8 May 1830; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Amasa BIGELOW was born on 11 Feb 1755 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut; died in 1799 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Amasa married Roxanna CONE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Roxanna CONE
    Children:
    1. 4. Reuben BIGELOW was born on 4 Aug 1779 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died in May 1830.
    2. Abigail BIGELOW was born on 20 Mar 1785 in New Hampshire; died on 17 Mar 1855.

  3. 10.  Charles SKINNER was born on 3 Jan 1747/1748 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut; died before 1837 in Nova Scotia.

    Notes:

    “Sarah and Charles Skinner went to Maugerville, N.B. just before the Loyalists, and it is assumed they might have gotten a good price for their land and moved to Bass River, N.S., where Charles was a school teacher. They stayed there about five years before moving to Kings County. The school records in Bass River were burned in a fire.” (Source: Isabel Palmeter) This would suggest that the family came to Cornwallis Township just prior to the influx of Loyalists.

    Charles Skinner was a grantee at Cornwallis township, that he was born 3 Jan 1748 in Colchester, Connecticut, son of Aaron Skinner. He married 24 Nov 1774 at Passamaquoddy, Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Osborn, perhaps from Martha’s Vinyard. She lists 15 children, including my Ann Skinner, who married 1802 Thomas Lyons. (Source: Esther Clark Wright in “Planters and Pioneers”)

    The Skinners first came to Passamaquoddy, Campobello or Indian Island (all in Passamaquoddy Bay in Charlotte, New Brunswick), where Charles might have taught school from 1774 to 1778. They moved to St. John and Maugerville in 1778 where he taught school until 1780. The arrival of the Loyalists may have provided financial incentive to sell their lands profitably. They moved to Five Islands, Cumberland, N.S. (but I think then all part of Cornwallis Township) where the family lived for the first five years, before they settled in 1785 at Little Pereau, near Blomidon, in the Cornwallis area of present day Kings County. (Source: Rev. Davison in his book “Alice of Grand-Pré”)

    Charles Skinner was a school teacher by profession, and one reference said he was a “refined gentleman”.

    The father of Samuel Skinner (i.e., Charles Skinner) came from New England to the Maritimes just before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. (Source: The book “Biographical Review… Province of New Brunswick” published in Boston in 1900 page 97)

    “Died 15 January 1848 in Cornwallis, Mrs. Sarah Skinner in 88th year, daughter of the late Samuel Osborne of Martha’s Vineyard, U.S. They removed to Casco, Maine, to New Brunswick, then to Nova Scotia. Born 22 July 1760, married in NB at age 16 to Charles Skinner, native of Connecticut. Leaves 8 sons, 7 daughters, 113 grandchildren, 60 great-grandchildren. Late W. A. Chipman was a brother-in-law. Edward Manning and George Dimock sons-in-law. Rev. I. E. Bill married a granddaughter.” (Source: The Christian Messenger an early Baptist magazine).

    Charles married Sarah OSBORN on 24 Nov 1774 in Passamaquoddy, Nova Scotia. Sarah was born on 22 Jul 1760 in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts; died on 15 Jul 1848 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Sarah OSBORN was born on 22 Jul 1760 in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts; died on 15 Jul 1848 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Notes:

    From notes of A. Joanne (Irving) Hunt, Litchfield, NH:
    From The Christian Messenger (an early Baptist magazine): “Died 15 January 1848 in Cornwallis, Mrs. Sarah Skinner in 88th year, daughter of the late Samuel Osborne of Martha’s Vineyard, U.S. They removed to Casco, Maine, to New Brunswick, then to Nova Scotia. Born 22 July 1760, married in NB at age 16 to Charles Skinner, native of Connecticut. Leaves 8 sons, 7 daughters, 113 grandchildren, 60 great-grandchildren. Late W. A. Chipman was a brother-in-law. Edward Manning and George Dimock sons-in-law. Rev. I. E. Bill married a granddaughter.”

    Children:
    1. Charles SKINNER was born on 9 Oct 1775 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died about 1803.
    2. Alfred SKINNER was born on 20 Jun 1778 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 2 Jul 1858 in Coldbrook, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    3. Eunice SKINNER was born on 31 Jan 1780 in Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia; died on 25 Jan 1839 in Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia.
    4. Rebecca SKINNER was born on 22 Dec 1781 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 5 Apr 1857 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Canard Cemetery, Upper Canard, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    5. 5. Lavinia SKINNER was born on 27 Jan 1784 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 9 May 1874 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
    6. Ann SKINNER was born on 9 Mar 1786 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 19 Oct 1815 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    7. Mary SKINNER was born on 29 Dec 1787 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    8. Elizabeth SKINNER was born on 11 Nov 1789 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 14 Mar 1860 in Nova Scotia.
    9. William SKINNER was born on 13 Dec 1791 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 11 Jul 1870 in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    10. Sarah SKINNER was born on 30 Dec 1793 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died about 1855.
    11. Abigail SKINNER was born on 15 Apr 1796 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 18 Feb 1868 in Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Chipman Corner Cemetery, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    12. David SKINNER was born on 6 Feb 1798 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 20 Dec 1868 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; was buried in Baptist Cemetery, Billtown, Kings, Nova Scotia.
    13. Rev. Joseph Churchill SKINNER was born on 16 Feb 1800 in Parrsboro, Cumberland, Nova Scotia; died on 23 Mar 1860 in Cambridge, Queens, New Brunswick; was buried in First Baptist Cemetery, McDonald Corner, Queens, New Brunswick.
    14. Samuel SKINNER was born on 16 Mar 1802 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; died on 21 Jan 1888 in Saint John, New Brunswick; was buried in Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick.
    15. Benjamin SKINNER was born on 22 Dec 1803 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia; and died.