Michael Lafey Biggar Family, Halton County

    According to some internet geneology information, Jennie is buried in the Brandon Municipal Cemetery but as of this writing, only a portion of those graves are searchable online and hers is one that

    The twins look to be 4-6 years old so I have put the date time frame as about 1931-1933. The surname spelling on their headstone is "Bigger" but the spelling "Biggar" has also been commonly used by t

    Wilbert H. Biggar, Reeve of Trafalgar, speaking at the opening of a new addition to the Oakville Trafalgar Highschool in 1950. Wilbert retired as Trafalgar Reeve at the end of 1950 according to a Dec

    Proud father Wilbert Biggar with his daughter, Martha, at her wedding to Jack Patterson.

    Jennie is to our left with Albert and Hettie in the centre. The woman on the right is unknown but could perhaps be Jennie's daughter, Edna Mildred (Reid) Spearin. There is no information with the pho

    Unfortunately, there is no date on this photograph but Albert Biggar died in 1938.

    The surname "Conover" was changed by the family from the Dutch, Coevenhoven or also, Van Covenhoven.

    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

    Ethel, Lois and Harold are standing in the drive leading to the house on Glenclare Farm. Michael L. Bigger is shown on the 1859 Tremaine Map of Halton County as owning the property, Lot 15, Concessio

    Ethel was 29 years old in 1917 when Harold was born, Wilbert 30 years old.

    Ethel holds her new son, Harold. Clara Bigger, her sister-in-law, holds a rose in her hand. Hiding playfully behind Clara is Luena Conover, Ethel's sister.

    The main picture is of baby Lois with her mother, Ethel Biggar, likely on the day of her christening. Ethel and husband, Wilbert Biggar, had a two year old son, Harold, at this time. They lived near

    The surname "Bigger" is used on the family gravestones at St. Jude's cemetery, Oakville but the spelling "Biggar" is also commonly used by the family.

    Two photographs of the family. Wilbert is not in the main record photograph - perhaps he is the photographer. In the main record photograph, eldest daughter Lois is far right to Ethel, next is Russel

    Family descendent Jill Rutherford writes: this photo was taken in 1953 (my mother, Rilla Jane Reid, daughter of Henry Cecil Reid, son of Desdemona Jane "Jennie" Munn Reid, was visiting from out west

    Clara Biggar trained and worked as a nurse. She never married. At her death, she was living at 599 Lyons Lane in Oakville according to the Notice to Creditors in the matter of her estate published in

    Clara and her Grandfather, Michael L. Biggar, standing in front of the lovely home her parents built on the Glenclare Farm in 1898. Clara Biggar trained and worked as a nurse. Albert, son of Michael

    Michael was born in Stony Creek. The family had come north from the United States as so many did, through the Niagara area. His father was Richard Lanning Bigger, b. March 6, 1801 in Trafalgar Townsh

    The family is buried at St. Jude's Cemetery, Oakville. The surname spelling on their headstone is "Bigger" but the spelling "Biggar" has also been commonly used by the family.

    The notice of the death of this active farm wife and active leader of area community and church groups appeared in the January 5, 1899, p. 2, column 2, Milton newspaper, Canadian Champion, in the Oak