Wedding of Ethel Conover and Wilbert Biggar with Attendent Benita Post
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- The family album has labelled this photograph, "Wedding at home on Dundas Highway". The Conover family home was 1499 Dundas Street East on part of Lot 6 Concession 1 NDS.
Ethel and Wilbert married on February 26, 1916. Benita Post was a cousin of Ethel. Benita's parents were William H. Post and Elen (Nellie), nee Secord. They lived on 9th Line near Burnhamthorpe on a farm inherited from E.H. (Harry) Post until they moved to a fruit farm on Macdonald Road. The children were Myrtle, Benita and Clifford.
Linked to this record, for your further information, are several newspaper accounts of the wedding.
- Date Of Event
- February 26, 1916
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Mary Ethel Conover, b.1888 d.1949. Wilbert H. Biggar, b.May 6, 1887 d.June 13, 1960. Wilbert and Mary Ethel's children were Harold C., 1917-2004, Clare O. Biggar, 1937-1945, Lois, 1919-1997, Russell and (twins) Martha and Kathryn. Wilbert`s grandfather was Michael Lafey Bigger, d.December 10, 1921 who married Belinda (Cronkrite) Bigger, d.December 31, 1898. Their son, James William Bigger, d.December 10, 1921, never married. Their son, 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. 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 d.June 13, 1960.
- Local identifier
- TTJBT000425
- 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
- Wedding of Ethel Conover and Wilbert Biggar with Attendent Benita Post
- 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
