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  • Threshing at Glenclare Farm
        There is no date on this family photograph but it was likely taken around 1910. A consulted expert has provided this date because, he explains, the silo in the background required mechanized equipmen
      There is no date on this family photograph but it was likely …
  • Glenclare Farm Truck
        Michael L. Bigger is listed on the 1859 Tremaine Map of Halton County as owning the property, Lot 15, Concession 2 NDS Trafalgar Township, running north from Burnhamthorpe Road on the east side of 6t
      Michael L. Bigger is listed on the 1859 Tremaine Map of Halton …
  • Henrietta (Munn) Biggar, 1860-1962
        The spelling of Hettie's middle name is sometimes "Almira", sometimes "Elmira". The Biggar family surname is also sometimes spelled "Bigger" in records and on their gravestones.
      The spelling of Hettie's middle name is sometimes "Almira", sometimes "Elmira". The …
  • Albert Anson Biggar
        The spelling of Hettie's middle name is sometimes "Almira", sometimes "Elmira". The Biggar family surname is also sometimes spelled "Bigger" in records and on their gravestones.
      The spelling of Hettie's middle name is sometimes "Almira", sometimes "Elmira". The …
  • Cousins Wilbert and Clara Bigger, Annie, Dewart and Edith Fleming
        Clockwise: the younger boy standing to our right is Wilbert Bigger, Dewart Fleming, in the chair is Clara Bigger, Edith Fleming is sitting on our left and Annie Fleming stands behind her.
      Clockwise: the younger boy standing to our right is Wilbert Bigger, Dewart …
  • Team Levelling Field At Glenclare Farm
        Preparing the field for planting. The wooden scraper is just for levelling the field. It can't deal with rocks because it is just a wooden board and has no metal edge to protect it. Glenclare Farm wa
      Preparing the field for planting. The wooden scraper is just for levelling …
  • Binding Hay At Glenclare Farm
        Wilbert Biggar is driving the tractor and grandson Harold Biggar can be seen on the hay binder, Hettie Biggar is to our right behind the tractor. The hay binder takes the hay, bundles it into a sheaf
      Wilbert Biggar is driving the tractor and grandson Harold Biggar can be …
  • Albert, Wilbert and Clara Biggar At Glenclare Farm
        Two photographs taken at different times, with different people and different horses but in the same spot with the same wagon at Glenclare Farm, on work days. The primary photograph shows brother and
      Two photographs taken at different times, with different people and different horses …
  • Sleighing on the Biggar Farm at 6th Line, Trafalgar
        Some area family members use the spelling "Biggar", others "Bigger". Both spellings should be checked by researchers.
      Some area family members use the spelling "Biggar", others "Bigger". Both spellings …
  • Michael and Grandson Wilbert Bigger
        Grandfather Michael Bigger with his grandson, Wilbert, son of Albert and Hettie.
      Grandfather Michael Bigger with his grandson, Wilbert, son of Albert and Hettie.
  • Lois, Martha, Kathryn Biggar at Glenclare Farm
        The girls are feeding the turkeys at Glenclare Farm, their home. The picture was taken circa 1934.
      The girls are feeding the turkeys at Glenclare Farm, their home. The …
  • Newspaper Clippings of Wedding of Ethel Conover and Wilbert Biggar
        The surname "Conover" was changed by the family from the Dutch, "Coevenhoven" or "Van Coenhoven".
      The surname "Conover" was changed by the family from the Dutch, "Coevenhoven" …
  • Newspaper Clipping re the 1921 Deaths of Michael Lafey and James William Biggar
        The newspaper clipping has reversed the given names of James William Biggar. His grave headstone is inscribed, James William Bigger.
      The newspaper clipping has reversed the given names of James William Biggar. …
  • Sisters Hettie and Jennie Munn with Albert Biggar and William Henry Reid, 1883
        According to some internet geneology information, Jennie (and likely also her husband)is buried in the Brandon Municipal Cemetery but as of this writing, only a portion of those graves are searchable
      According to some internet geneology information, Jennie (and likely also her husband)is …
  • Munn Sisters
        From left to right: Eliza, Jenny, Hettie, Millie. Eldest sister Eliza never married and lived with Millie. Millie married Robert Munn, schoolmaster. Hettie and her sister Jane, called Jennie, married
      From left to right: Eliza, Jenny, Hettie, Millie. Eldest sister Eliza never …
  • Sisters Hettie & Jennie Munn
        Hettie and her older sister Jennie, married in a double wedding ceremony at the church in Munn's Corners in 1883. Jennie went out west to live in Manitoba with her husband W.H. Reid. The family says
      Hettie and her older sister Jennie, married in a double wedding ceremony …
  • Hettie (Munn) Bigger with Grandson Harold, 1917
        The gravestones of the older family members use the spelling "Bigger" as does the Tremaine's maps. But family members also commonly used the "Biggar" spelling. Both spellings should be checked by res
      The gravestones of the older family members use the spelling "Bigger" as …
  • The Munn Sisters and Their Families
        This family photograph has no date nor does it identify the people but it shows the neices and nephews as well as the older generation of the Munn/Biggar families. The oldest gentleman may be King He
      This family photograph has no date nor does it identify the people …
  • Hettie Munn and Grandchildren
        A Biggar family album page showing Hettie with her grandchildren. Hettie had been educated at the Wesleyan Female College for young women in Hamilton, she was an accomplished musician and played for
      A Biggar family album page showing Hettie with her grandchildren. Hettie had …
  • Wilbert Henry Biggar, 1887
        This photograph was likely taken on the occasion of Wilbert's christening. Wilbert's parents farmed the land originally settled by his grandfather, Michael L. Bigger. This was Lot 15, Concession 2 ND
      This photograph was likely taken on the occasion of Wilbert's christening. Wilbert's …
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