Wilbert and Hettie Biggar, Cousin Cecil Reid
Description
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- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Jennie and Hettie had married in a double wedding ceremony at the church in Munn's Corners in 1883, Trafalgar Township. Jenny marrying William Henry Reid, a family cousin. The Reids then went west to Manitoba with William Henry Spearin according to family descendents, living first in a "soddy" or sod roofed house while they got the farm established.
There is no information with the photograph to say if this was taken at Glenclare Farm in Trafalgar Township, the home of Hettie and Albert, or if it was taken on their trip out to Manitoba to visit Jennie and Cecil.
Cecil and Jennie's children were daughter Edna Mildred Spearin, b.1884 and son William Cecil Reid, called Cecil, b.1887.
The family label on this photograph is "Wilbert and Hettie Biggar, Cousin Cecil Reid", their nephew.
- Notes
- Unfortunately, there is no date on this photograph but Albert Biggar died in 1938.
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Albert Anson Bigger, b.November 13, 1856, d.June 24, 1938 married Henrietta (called Hettie) Almira (Munn) Bigger, b.October 26, 1860, d. November 26, 1962. King Henry Munn, b.1820 d.November 15, 1905, and Ann Catherine Snider, b.April 10, 1821 d.August 24, 1884 had four daughters: Eliza Lydia, b.1846 ; Melicent (this spelling as per the 1871 Census) Millicent Mulvina (called Millie), b.1853, married surname was Fleming ; Jane Desdamona, b.November 23, 1857 d.1935 - called Jenny, married William Henry Reid (their son was William Cecil,called Cecil, b.1887) ; Henrietta (called Hettie) Almira (Munn) Bigger, b.October 26, 1860, d. November 26, 1962. Children of Hettie and Albert were: Clara A. Bigger, b.February 13, 1884, d.1978. William James, b.July 26, 1886. Wilbert Henry, b.May 6, 1887. Cecil and Jennie's children were: Edna Mildred b.1884, who married Howard M. Spearin, and son Henry Cecil Reid.
- Local identifier
- TTJBT000423
- Collection
- Trafalgar Township Historical Society
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.47955 Longitude: -79.72902
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- Recommended Citation
- Wilbert and Hettie Biggar, Cousin Cecil Reid
- Contact
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Trafalgar Township Historical Society Sponsor: Jeff Knoll, Local & Regional Councillor for Oakville Ward 5 – Town of Oakville/Regional Municipality of Halton
